High Hopes (2002)

High Hopes

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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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

Season 4

Season 4

Season 5

Season 5

Season 6

Season 6

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    Planet of the apes

  • 0x2

    A christmas story

  • 0x3

    Do not go gentle

  • 0x4

    Backstage

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Saving private ryan

  • 1x2

    To catch a thief

  • 1x3

    Do the right thing

  • 1x4

    Heavens above!

  • 1x5

    Primary colours

  • 1x6

    Indecent proposal

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Pretty woman

  • 2x2

    Rear window

  • 2x3

    Human jungle

  • 2x4

    Stardust

  • 2x5

    Lethal weapon

  • 2x6

    Mission impossible

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Only two can play

  • 3x2

    The italian job

  • 3x3

    Privates on parade

  • 3x4

    The accused

  • 3x5

    The roman spring of mrs stone

  • 3x6

    Of mice and men

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Invasion of the body snatchers

  • 4x2

    Every picture tells a story

  • 4x3

    As you like it

  • 4x4

    A touch of class

  • 4x5

    Close encounters of the third kind

  • 4x6

    Uncle tom

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    The hunchback of notre dame

  • 5x2

    Dead man walking

  • 5x3

    Seance on a wet afternoon

  • 5x4

    The outsider

  • 5x5

    The fly

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    The hand that rocks the cradle

  • 6x2

    I never promised you a rose garden

  • 6x3

    Nine to five

  • 6x4

    A passage to india

  • 6x5

    Internal affairs

  • 6x6

    Saturday night and sunday morning

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