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Hope and Jim

It's 1946, and Hope and Jim Kiffin are faced with a dilemma.

The history of post-war Britain is told through the lives of Hope Kiffin, Eunice Lamming and Gloria de Soto, bound forever by one moment in 1946. Today, Hope and Jim face the dilemma of bringing up their beautiful baby girl in a hostile environment.

Cast
Jim ..... Martins Imhangbe
Hope ..... Danielle Vitalis

Writer ..... Roy Williams
Director ..... Mary Peate
Producer ..... Jessica Dromgoole

NOTES
Radio 4 has commissioned Faith Hope and Glory an ambitious new series telling brilliant intimate domestic stories that together illuminate the emergence of modern Britain. This first week of 15’ dramas lays out the origin story that in 1946, Hope and Jim’s baby, entrusted to Eunice to take home to Antigua, is lost at Tilbury Docks, and found by Gloria and Clement, a celibate couple, who decide to keep her and call her Joy. Joy’s life spans the entire series, up to the present day.

Roy Williams has written the series of five 15’ plays to kick off, which is shortly followed by three 45’ plays – Clement and Gloria by Rex Obano, Hope and Jim, by Roy, and Faith and Trevor by Winsome Pinnock.

The cast includes Shiloh Coke as Faith, Danielle Vitalis as Hope, and Pippa Bennett Warner as Gloria, together with Gary Beadle as Trevor, Martins Imhangbe as Jim and Stefan Adegbola as Clement.

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Mon 8 Feb 2021 10:45

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  • Mon 8 Feb 2021 10:45