Hard Times (British TV series)

Hard Times was a 1977 TV series based on Charles Dickens' 1854 novel of the same name, directed by John Irvin.

Cast

• Patrick Allen – Thomas Gradgrind
• Rosalie Crutchley – Mrs. Sparsit
• Michelle Dibnah – Sissy Jupe
• Alan Dobie – Stephen Blackpool
• Barbara Ewing – Rachael
• Edward Fox – Capt. James Harthouse
• Ursula Howells – Mrs. Gradgrind
• Harry Markham – Sleary
• Jacqueline Tong – Louisa Gradgrind
• Timothy West – Josiah Bounderby
• Richard Wren – Tom Gradgrind
• Sean Flanagan – Bitzer
• Peter Martin – Waiter

Critical reception

Screenonline wrote "The four-part adaptation by Arthur Hopcraft is streamlined but generally very faithful to the book and, as directed by John Irvin, the serial is presented with considerable panache."

References

External links

• Hard Times at Screenonline.
• Dickens Hard Times papers, Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester