High Hopes (British TV series)

High Hopes
GenreSitcom
Created byBoyd Clack
Written by
  • Boyd Clack
  • Kirsten Jones
Directed byGareth Gwenlan
StarringRobert Blythe
Margaret John
Steven Meo
Ben Evans
Oliver Wood
Boyd Clack
Keiron Self
Di Botcher
Opening theme"High Hopes" instrumental performed by Dai Brown
Country of originWales
Original languageEnglish
No. of series6
No. of episodes38 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerMaggie Russell
ProducerGareth Gwenlan
Running timeapprox. 30 mins
Original release
NetworkBBC One Wales
Release
  • 1 April 1999 (1999-04-01) (pilot)
  • 2 October 2002 (2002-10-02) - 16 December 2008 (2008-12-16)
  • 23 March 2015 (2015-03-23) (Special)
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High Hopes is a sitcom created by Boyd Clack, written by Clack and Kirsten Jones. Produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan for BBC Wales, High Hopes is set in a fictional area of the South Wales Valleys called Cwm-Pen-Ôl (which is Welsh for 'Backside Valley').

It stars Margaret John as widow Elsie Hepplewhite,[1] Robert Blythe as her son Richard Hepplewhite, Steven Meo as Hoffman and Oliver Wood (formerly Ben Evans) as Charlie. It revolves around Elsie's son Richard (known as Fagin) and his dodgy business ventures, assisted by the two boys, who attempted to rob the Hepplewhites' house in the first episode.[2]

  1. ^ BBC News – Gavin and Stacey actress Margaret John dies at 84, 2 February 2011. Accessed 20 March 2013
  2. ^ "BBC video clip from episode 1 of High Hopes". 23 September 2011. Retrieved 16 December 2011.