Hard Times is a four-part British television drama miniseries based on Charles Dickens' 1854 novel of the same name, a survey of English society and a satirisation of 19th century social and economic conditions. Wealthy, retired Coketown merchant Thomas Gradgrind devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his eldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.
Patrick Allen
Thomas Gradgrind
Timothy West
Josiah Bounderby
Jacqueline Tong
Louisa Gradgrind
Richard Wren
Tom Gradgrind
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs Sparsit
Michelle Dibnah
Sissy Jupe
Edward Fox
Captain James Harthouse
Alan Dobie
Stephen Blackpool
Ursula Howells
Mrs Gradgrind
Wealthy, retired Coketown merchant Thomas Gradgrind devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his eldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.
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