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 5 - The Fly
Fagin is under threat from Karl Sweeney who has escaped from Happy Valley Mental Hospital.
Further details
Mam meets Phillip ap Fellini, a maker of religious documentaries, and the Hepplewhites are chosen for a TV reality programme, The Fly. Things go askew as our gang misjudge the mood and Sweeney slips Sgt Ball and Claude's grasp.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Wednesday 4th April 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 |
| Di Botcher | Mrs Coles |
| Sue Charles | News Reader |
| Simon Fisher | Karl Sweeney |
| Meilyr Sion | Phillip ap Fellini |
| Richard Mitchley | Vaughan Rhys |
| Catrin Mara | Sioned Sioned |
| Robert J. Page (as Robert J Page) | Horace Horne |
| 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 |
| Elaine Morse | Costume Designer |
| Claire Griffiths | Make-up Designer |
| John Walton | Lighting Designer |
| Rhian Williams | 1st Assistant Director |