17. Hope and Jim

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By Roy Williams Hope runs out of patience with Jim’s philandering and wants a divorce. Jim tries to prove he can change when he saves the life of a young friend who is ambushed by racists. But is it too late to save their marriage? Hope ..... Danielle Vitalis Jim ..... Martins Imhangbe Abeo ..... Valentine Olukoga Rodney ..... Richie Campbell Teddy Boy 1 ..... Lee Hunter Teddy Boy 2 .... Michael Begley Joan ..... Jasmine Hyde Howard ..... Neil McCaul Nurse Clare ..... Rebecca Crankshaw Nurse Jenny ..... Christine Kavanagh Nurse Riley ..... Alexandra Hannant Sheila ..... Eden Forde Directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour Produced by Pat Cumper NOTES Faith Hope and Glory returns for a third series commissioned by Radio 4. It is 1958 - the year of the Notting Hill Riots when Teddy Boys violently roamed the streets emboldened by a divisive rhetoric of “Keep Britain White”. Against the backdrop of increasingly febrile racial tensions, our characters seek to quell their own domestic turmoil. Since their baby disappeared en route to Antigua in the first series, Hope and Jim have continued to drift apart. As her work in an emerging National Health Service continues to test Hope daily, she has lost patience with Jim’s philandering, which has grown along with his acting career. Gloria and Clement are not enjoying marital bliss either despite Joy, the baby they found seemingly abandoned at Tilbury Docks many years ago, growing up fast. Thwarted as a lecturer in a society dismissive of black intellectualism, Clement is too distracted by his activism to support life at home. And Faith, who previously moved to Cardiff and changed her name after having lost Hope’s baby, has some news and truths to tell musician husband Trevor… With Pat Cumper at the helm, each of the three 45 minute dramas in this new series continues to illuminate the emergence of modern Britain through intimate, interwoven stories. They are brilliantly brought to life by writers Roy Williams, Rex Obano and Carol Russell. The cast includes Danielle Vitalis as Hope, Pippa Bennett Warner as Gloria and Shiloh Coke as Faith, together with Martins Imhangbe as Jim, Stefan Adegbola as Clement and Gary Beadle as Trevor.