High Hopes
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First Air DateOct 02, 2002
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Production
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Original titleHigh Hopes
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ReleaseOct 02, 2002
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Overview
High Hopes is a sitcom made in Wales, produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan for BBC Wales and is set in a fictional area of the South Wales Valleys called Cwm-Pen-Ôl. It stars Margaret John as widow Elsie Hepplewhite, Robert Blythe as her son Richard Hepplewhite, Steven Meo as Hoffman and Oliver Wood as Charlie. It revolves around Elsie's son Richard and his dodgy business ventures, assisted by the two boys, who attempted to rob the Hepplewhites' house in the first episode. The pilot was shown on BBC all over the UK in 1999, with slight differences to future cast and plot. The series started in 2002. The sixth and final series, consisting of six episodes, was first shown on BBC1 Wales weekly from Tuesday 11 November 2008. But, before it aired a report in the South Wales Echo, titled 'Welsh sitcom set to be axed', confirmed that: A three part 'Best Bits' special was shown on BBC1 Wales, starting 20 September, the third episode was on Sun 4 October 2009.
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Casts
Specials ( 2006-03-30)
Planet of the Apes
A Christmas Story
Do Not Go Gentle
Backstage
Season 1 ( 2002-10-02)
Saving Private Ryan
To Catch a Thief
Do the Right Thing
Heavens Above!
Primary Colours
Indecent Proposal
Season 2 ( 2003-11-05)
Pretty Woman
Rear Window
Human Jungle
Stardust
Lethal Weapon
Mission Impossible
Season 3 ( 2004-11-10)
Only Two Can Play
The Italian Job
Privates on Parade
The Accused
The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone
Of Mice and Men
Season 4 ( 2005-11-16)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Every Picture Tells a Story
As You Like It
A Touch of Class
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Uncle Tom
Season 5 ( 2007-03-01)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Dead Man Walking
Seance on a Wet Afternoon
The Outsider
The Fly
Season 6 ( 2008-11-11)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden
Nine to Five
A Passage to India
Internal Affairs