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 5, Episode 4 - The Outsider
Hoffman is going through the dark night of the soul!
Further details
Hoffman meets Zoe and Zac Ashton-Lyme - two of the bright young things of the Rhondda - and gets drawn into their pretentious world. Fagin, Mam and Charlie are concerned. Ball and Cox, on the trail of a freemason businessman crook, see an opportunity to nab him!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 22nd March 2007
- Time
- 10:40pm
- Channel
- BBC One Wales
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robert Blythe | Fagin |
| Margaret John | Mam |
| Steven Meo | Hoffman |
| Oliver Wood | Charlie |
| Keiron Self | PC Claude Cox |
| Boyd Clack | Sgt Ball |
| Christopher Elson | Zak Ashton-Lyme |
| Karen Paullada | Zoe Ashton-Lyme |
| Stephen Marzella | Sebastian Ashton-Lyme |
| Boyd Clack | Writer |
| Kirsten Jones | Writer |
| Gareth Gwenlan | Director |
| Gareth Gwenlan | Producer |
| Maggie Russell | Executive Producer |
| Tim Sanders | Editor |
| David Hitchcock | Production Designer |
| Chrissie Pegg | Costume Designer |
| John Record | Director of Photography |
| Sheelagh Wells | Make-up Designer |
| Rory Taylor | Lighting Designer |
| Graham Jarvis | Composer |
| Rhian Williams | 1st Assistant Director |