Hard Times (1977)
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.
Josiah Bounderby
James Harthouse
Thomas Gradgrind
Mrs Sparsit
Louisa Gradgrind
Mrs Gradgrass
Stephen Blackpool
Rachel
