Days of Hope
series not in production
Ended
Drama
Seasons | 1
Episodes | 4
avg.Runtime | 90 min
First EP | 1975-09-11
Last EP | 1975-10-02
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Days of Hope is a BBC television drama serial produced in 1975. The series dealt with the lives of a working-class family from the turmoils of the First World War in 1916 to the General Strike in 1926. It was written by Jim Allen, produced by Tony Garnett and directed by Ken Loach.
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BBC
Season List
season 1 || Miniseries
Relesed on | 1975-09-11
1
1916: Joining Up
1975-09-11
Ben Matthews enlists in the army and ends up serving in Ireland, where there is resistance to British rule. His sister's husband Philip Hargreaves is sentenced to death as a conscientious objector but is given a last-minute reprieve.
2
1921
1975-09-18
During the coal lock-out in 1921, Ben's army unit is redeployed from Ireland to police the dispute in County Durham. Ben deserts the army and is sheltered by a miner named Joel. He begins a relationship with his eldest daughter. When donations of food from Liverpool is intercepted by the police and the army, the miners revolt and take some soldiers hostage. Joel and his comrades then make demands on the pit owner, Mr. Pitchard.
3
1924
1975-09-25
Ben is released from prison and joins the Communist Party. Philip Hargreaves is elected as a Labour MP.
4
1926: General Strike
1975-10-02
The miners are betrayed by union leaders during the General Strike.
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“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney