High Hopes. Image shows from L to R: Mam (Margaret John), Fagin (Robert Blythe). Copyright: BBC
High Hopes
- TV sitcom
- BBC One Wales
- 1999 - 2015
- 40 episodes (6 series)
BBC Wales sitcom about four petty criminals living in the South Wales valleys. Stars Robert Blythe and Margaret John. Stars Robert Blythe, Margaret John, Steven Meo, Ben Evans, Oliver Wood and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1 - Saving Private Ryan
Two homeless teenagers get more than they bargain for when they break into a council house on the valley's estate. The occupants, a middle-aged, agoraphobic master criminal and his elderly mother, are ready to exact an unexpected justice.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 2nd October 2002
- Time
- 10:35pm
- Channel
- BBC One Wales
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robert Blythe | Fagin |
| Margaret John | Mam |
| Steven Meo | Hoffman |
| Ben Evans | Charlie |
| Keiron Self | PC Claude Cox |
| Boyd Clack | Sgt Ball |
| Gary Sheppeard | Keanu Rees |
| Boyd Clack | Writer |
| Kirsten Jones | Writer |
| Gareth Gwenlan | Director |
| Gareth Gwenlan | Producer |
| Maggie Russell | Executive Producer |
| Ellen Harris | Associate Producer |
| Tim Sanders | Editor |
| David Hitchcock | Production Designer |
| Debra Haggett | Costume Designer |
| Sheelagh Wells | Make-up Designer |
| Graham Rimmington | Lighting Designer |
| Graham Jarvis | Composer |
| Daf Arwyn Jones | 1st Assistant Director |
| Peter Tilbury | Development Executive |