Hope Springs
Eight-part comedy drama about four female ex-cons trying to go straight
- Genre
- Comedy Drama
- Broadcast
- 2009
- Channel
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 8 (1 series)
- Starring
- Alex Kingston, Vinette Robinson, Christine Bottomley, Sian Reeves, Annette Crosbie, Alec Newman, Ronni Ancona, Paul Higgins and others
- Writers
- Ann McManus, Maureen Chadwick and Liz Lake
- Directors
- Sheree Folkson, Ian Barnes, Dermot Boyd and Brian Kelly
- Producers
- Spencer Campbell and Brian Park
Ellie finds herself in hiding in a remote Scottish village called Hope Springs along with fellow ex-cons Hannah, Josie and Shoo after plans to start a new life in Barbados - courtesy of £3m stolen from her gangster husband - go awry.
All the girls have to do is keep their heads down, assume new identities and plan an escape to their Barbados idyll... little do they know that Hope Springs is going to change their lives forever.
- Production company
- Laugh track
- None
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Sunday 7th June 2009 on BBC One at 8pm
- Last new broadcast
- Sunday 26th July 2009 on BBC One at 8pm
- Length of episodes
- 1 hour
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