Hard Times

Charles Dickens' bleak, passionate novel about the challenges of life in 19th-century London comes to life.

Drama

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)