Boyd Clack
Director
High Hopes (2002)
Specials
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.
Released Oct. 2, 2002
Episode 30 min
None+
Keywords: imdb.welsh-valleys, imdb.strangeways-prison, imdb.title-based-on-song, imdb.song-in-title, imdb.rogue, imdb.odd-job, imdb.missing-ear + 12 more, imdb.calculator, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.teenager, imdb.policeman, imdb.agoraphobia, imdb.wales, imdb.stolen-painting, imdb.police, imdb.family-reunion, imdb.entrepreneur, imdb.claustrophobia, imdb.laugh-track
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S0E1 - Planet of the Apes
Comedy set in the valleys. Mam and the boys are worried about Fagin. His mental state is deteriorating and to cap it all a certain baboon is lurking in the wings.
March 30, 2006, midnight
S0E3 - A Christmas Story
It's Christmas. Broke and desperate, the Hepplewhites become entangled in an audacious robbery.
Dec. 19, 2006, midnight
S0E4 - Do Not Go Gentle
To begin at the beginning... Mam has gone to that great bingo hall in the sky. Fagin is devastated. Sgt Ball, Claude and the boys rally round. Poetry, Russian spies and starry night skies. Welcome back to cocoa, wheeler-deaing and Mrs Coles's cream horns.
Dec. 21, 2006, midnight
S0E5 - Backstage
A behind-the-scenes look at High Hopes.
Dec. 26, 2006, midnight
S0E2 - Planet of the Apes Part 2
The Hepplewhites are back with the second part of a special of the comedy drama series. Fagin looks for a cure for his agoraphobia.
April 5, 2006, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Oct. 2, 2002
Last Air Date: Dec. 16, 2008, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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