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Hard Times (British TV series)

Hard Times
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GenreDrama
Created byArthur Hopcraft
StarringPatrick Allen
Rosalie Crutchley
Michelle Dibnah
Alan Dobie
Barbara Ewing
Edward Fox
Ursula Howells
Harry Markham
Jacqueline Tong
Timothy West
Richard Wren
Sean Flanagan
Peter Martin
Theme music composerMalcolm Arnold
Country of originUnited States
United Kingdom
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerPeter Eckersley & Ronald F. Maxwell & Jac Venza
Running time60 Minutes
Original release
NetworkGranada Television
WNET Channel 13 New York
Release25 October (1977-10-25) –
15 November 1977 (1977-11-15)

Hard Times was a 1977 TV series based on Charles Dickens' 1854 novel of the same name, directed by John Irvin.[1][2]

Cast

Critical reception

Screenonline wrote "The four-part adaptation by Arthur Hopcraft is streamlined but generally very faithful to the book and, as directed by John Irvin, the serial is presented with considerable panache."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "BFI Screenonline: Hard Times (1977)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  2. ^ "Hard Times Episode 4 (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021.