
1 Season
4 Episode
Hard Times
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.
- Year: 1977
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: ITV1
- Keyword: based on novel or book, miniseries, period drama
- Director: Arthur Hopcraft
- Cast: Patrick Allen, Timothy West, Jacqueline Tong, Richard Wren, Rosalie Crutchley, Michelle Dibnah


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