
Hard Times
April 29, 1994•1 season•4 episodes•Ended
Drama
BBC Two
Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life.
Director
Peter BarnesCast

Harriet Walter
Rachel

Bill Paterson
Stephen Blackpool

Alan Bates
Josiah Bounderby

Beatie Edney
Louisa Gradgrind

Bob Peck
Thomas Gradgrind
?
Emma Lewis
Sissy Jupe

Richard E. Grant
James Harthouse

Christien Anholt
Tom
?
Dilys Laye
Mrs. Sparsit

Alex Jennings
Bitzer

Patsy Byrne
Old Woman

Diana Fairfax
Mrs. Gradgrind
?
Peter Bayliss
Sleary

Timothy Bateson
Childers