Hard Times: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This extraordinary production captures the soot and smoke that blot out the sun in dank, industry-choked Coketown. Local MP and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind raises his children, Louisa and Tom, in the utilitarian fashion, stressing reason and fact and dismissing imagination and emotion.

Series details

• Title: Hard Times
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 1994-04-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 1994-05-20
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 17396
• IMDb ID: tt0109985
• TVDB ID: 347921

Cast and credited roles

• Alan Bates — Josiah Bounderby
• Bob Peck — Thomas Gradgrind
• Bill Paterson — Stephen Blackpool
• Richard E. Grant — James Harthouse
• Harriet Walter — Rachael
• Christien Anholt — Thomas (Tom) Gradgrind, Junior
• Beatie Edney — Louisa Gradgrind

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1994-04-29; final listed air date 1994-05-20; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from Hard Times on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.