Masterpiece Episode: "Charles Dickens' 'Hard Times'"

Season 24, Episode 26
Episode Synopsis: "Charles Dickens' `Hard Times' " is set in the fictional industrial center of Coketown, where middle-aged Josiah Bounderby (Alan Bates) weds 20-year-old Louisa Gradgrind (Beatie Edney). Mrs. Sparsit: Dilys Laye. Gradgrind: Bob Peck. James: Richard E. Grant. Sissy: Emma Lewis. Original Air Date: Apr 30, 1995
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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