HARD TIMES 4 X EPISODES (1977)

THOMAS GRADGRIND, A WEALTHY, RETIRED MERCHANT IN THE INDUSTRIAL CITY OF COKETOWN, ENGLAND, DEVOTES HIS LIFE TO A PHILOSOPHY OF RATIONALISM, SELF-INTEREST, AND FACT. HE RAISES HIS OLDEST CHILDREN, LOUISA AND TOM, ACCORDING TO THIS PHILOSOPHY AND NEVER ALLOWS THEM TO ENGAGE IN FANCIFUL OR IMAGINATIVE PURSUITS. STARRING TIMOTHY WEST, PATRICK ALLEN, EDWARD FOX, ROSALIE CRUTCHLEY, JACQUELINE TONG, URSULA HOWELLS.