First Air Date: 1977-10-25
Rating:6.5 / 10(4 votes)
Status: Ended
Genres: Drama
Seasons: 1 · Episodes: 4
Runtime: 53 min / episode
Writer: Arthur Hopcraft
Hard Times is a four-part British television drama miniseries based on Charles Dickens' 1854 novel of the same name, a survey of English society and a satirisation of 19th century social and economic conditions. Wealthy, retired Coketown merchant Thomas Gradgrind devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his eldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.
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