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.
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Series 6, Episode 1 - The Hand That Rocks The Cradle
With Mam confined to bed, the boys must look after her and themselves.
Further details
It all goes surprisingly well, until a baby turns up on the doorstep with a letter claiming one of the boys to be the father. Mam decides they should keep this quiet, but the boys let slip to Sgt Ball and Mrs Coles that they are looking after a baby rabbit.
Meanwhile, Terry 'The Tomcat' Knight returns from a weekend of drinking to find his baby daughter missing...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 11th November 2008
- Time
- 10:35pm
- 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 |
| Craig Russell | Terry Knight |
| Catherine Ayers | Delaney |
| Boyd Clack | Writer |
| Kirsten Jones | Writer |
| Gareth Gwenlan | Director |
| Gareth Gwenlan | Producer |
| Maggie Russell | Executive Producer |
| Dean Smith | Editor |
| David Hitchcock | Production Designer |
| Graham Jarvis | Composer |