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 2 - To Catch A Thief
Fagin is distressed when Mam confesses to an affair with an infamous cat burglar, Aneurin Snoddy. Fagin is determined to find out whether Snoddy could be his real father - and whether he could be conned out of his acquired fortune.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 9th 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 |
| Philip Madoc | Aneurin Snoddy |
| Grahame Fox | Doug Truelove |
| 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 |