Episode 4
Stephen is missing, Tom goes on the run and Gradgrind gets Sleary's help. Dickens adaptation stars Kenneth Cranham and Eleanor Bron.
Sissy and Rachael go looking for Stephen Blackpool - tragedy follows. Tom's crime is uncovered and Gradgrind tries to save his son with Sleary's help.
Mrs Sparsit claims victory over 'The Noddle'.
Conclusion of Charles Dickens's 1854 classic about struggles in the industrial north, dramatised by Doug Lucie.
Thomas Gradgrind ...... Kenneth Cranham
Josiah Bounderby ...... Philip Jackson
Mrs Sparsit ...... Eleanor Bron
Helen Longworth ...... Louisa
Blitzer ...... Declan Wilson
Tom ...... Richard Firth
Sissy ...... Lydia Tuckey
Stephen ...... Alan Williams
Rachael ...... Becky Hindley
Mrs Pegler ...... Marcia Warren
Sleary ...... Derek Waring
Music by Nina Perry.
Director: Janet Whitaker
First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 2003.
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