Hard Times Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 50 min | Drama

Hard Times

Episode #1.1 (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 50 min | Drama

Thomas Gradgrind, a leading citizen of Coketown, raises his daughter and son to prize hard facts above soft sentiment. His friend Josiah Bounderby, shares the philosophy and applies it to running his bank and textile mills. But when a ...See moreThomas Gradgrind, a leading citizen of Coketown, raises his daughter and son to prize hard facts above soft sentiment. His friend Josiah Bounderby, shares the philosophy and applies it to running his bank and textile mills. But when a circus comes to town, it introduces the Gradgrind children to a new world of imagination, and a new companion-Sissy Jupe, a young performer whom their father adopts. Written by Anonymous See less

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Patrick Allen Thomas Gradgrind Thomas Gradgrind See fewer	Dial M for Murder (1954)
Timothy West Josiah Bounderby Josiah Bounderby See fewer	The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Alan Dobie Stephen Blackpool Stephen Blackpool See fewer	The Disputation (1986)
Rosalie Crutchley Mrs. Sparsit Mrs. Sparsit See fewer	The Haunting (1963)
Ursula Howells Mrs. Gradgrind Mrs. Gradgrind See fewer	Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985)
Barbara Ewing Rachael Rachael See fewer	Mute (II) (2018)
Jacqueline Tong Louisa Gradgrind Louisa Gradgrind See fewer	Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
Michael Deeks Kidderminster Kidderminster See fewer	Dick Turpin (1979)
Michelle Dibnah Sissy Jupe Sissy Jupe See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Brenda Elder Mrs. Blackpool Mrs. Blackpool See fewer	Trapper John, M.D. (1979)
Sean Flanagan Bitzer Bitzer See fewer	Look and Read (1967)
Tony Heath Childers Childers See fewer	Emmerdale Farm (1972)
Harry Markham Sleary Sleary See fewer	Yanks Go Home (1976)
Paul Ridley McChoakumchild McChoakumchild See fewer	Billy Elliot (2000)
John Who Circus Performer Circus Performer See fewer	The Stairs (I) (2021)
Richard Wren Tom Gradgrind Tom Gradgrind See fewer	The Wicker Man (1973)