Hope Springs
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One
- 2009
- 8 episodes (1 series)
Eight-part comedy drama about four female ex-cons trying to go straight. Stars Alex Kingston, Vinette Robinson, Christine Bottomley, Sian Reeves, Annette Crosbie and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 1
Further details
Knowing they need to become "legit" if they're ever going to realise their Caribbean dream, Ellie decides the gang should buy the Hope Springs Hotel as cover. The other women are horrified. And they're not the only ones with doubts.
Sadie's pushy pregnant daughter, Ann Marie, is less-than-impressed by the newcomers, as is local lawyer Euan Harries and his hot-headed son, Ronan. To make matters worse, the girls find themselves attracting unwanted police attention from local DI Gil Cameron, Ann Marie's fiancé.
Fearing the locals will revolt against their plans to shut down the hotel and lie low, the girls are forced to run Hope Springs as a legitimate business. A moody Shoo isn't happy until handsome local lad Dean McKenzie catches her eye. Suddenly life doesn't look so bad after all.
But when an argument breaks out between arch enemies Ronan and Dean, the girls are shocked to discover their Scottish hideaway is home to an ongoing murder investigation. However, it is a mysterious fire that well and truly puts paid to their plans to escape to the sunshine...
Broadcast details
- Date
- Sunday 7th June 2009
- Time
- 8pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
Alex Kingston | Ellie Lagden |
Vinette Robinson | Josie Porritt |
Christine Bottomley | Shoo Coggan |
Sian Reeves | Hannah Temple |
Annette Crosbie | Sadie Cairncross |
Alec Newman | Euan Harries |
Ronni Ancona | Ann-Marie Miller |
Paul Higgins | Gil Cameron |
Lorraine McIntosh | Ina Harries |
Richard Madden | Dean McKenzie |
Tony McGeever | Ronan Harries |
Mark Frost | Roy Lagden |
Clint Dyer | Marius Gruber |
Sanjeev Kohli | Mo Khan |
Belgit Gill | Rita Khan |
Gayanne Potter | Female Prison Officer |
Steve Money | Wayne Fletcher |
Chris Capaldi | Fabian |
Lorna McDevitt | Gail |
Chris Young | Police Officer |
Gary French | Stan |
Ann McManus | Writer |
Maureen Chadwick | Writer |
Liz Lake | Writer |
Hayley Gelling | Script Editor |
Sheree Folkson | Director |
Brian Park | Producer |
Brian Park | Executive Producer |
Anne Mensah | Executive Producer |
Sandra MacIver | Executive Producer |
Ben Yeates | Editor |
Andy Harris | Production Designer |
Tristin Norwell | Composer |
Nick Green | Composer |