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.
Press clippings
High Hopes star Robert Blythe dies aged 71
Robert Blythe, who played Fagin in the long-running BBC Wales sitcom High Hopes, has died aged 71.
British Comedy Guide, 21st November 2018Only Fools And Horses producer Gareth Gwenlan dies aged 79
Top comedy producer Gareth Gwenlan OBE, whose credits include Only Fools And Horses, has died aged 79.
British Comedy Guide, 9th May 2016We've all got High Hopes for show's return
"It was like putting on a comfortable pair of shoes" is how Robert Blythe describes returning to his famous role as "Fagin" Hepplewhite in BBC Wales' much missed comedy High Hopes.
Kathryn Williams, Wales Online, 19th March 2015BBC Wales sitcom High Hopes to return in 2015
High Hopes, the BBC Wales sitcom which ran for six series between 1999 and 2008, is to return for a new special.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd December 2014