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Days of Hope

Miniseries

4 episodes · Sep 11, 1975

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  • S1E1

    1916: Joining Up

    Sep 11, 197590m

    Ben Matthews enlists in the army and ends up serving in Ireland, where there is resistance to British rule. His sister's husband Philip Hargreaves is sentenced to death as a conscientious objector but is given a last-minute reprieve.

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  • S1E2

    1921

    Sep 18, 197590m

    During the coal lock-out in 1921, Ben's army unit is redeployed from Ireland to police the dispute in County Durham. Ben deserts the army and is sheltered by a miner named Joel. He begins a relationship with his eldest daughter. When donations of food from Liverpool is intercepted by the police and the army, the miners revolt and take some soldiers hostage. Joel and his comrades then make demands on the pit owner, Mr. Pitchard.

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  • S1E3

    1924

    Sep 25, 197590m

    Ben is released from prison and joins the Communist Party. Philip Hargreaves is elected as a Labour MP.

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  • S1E4

    1926: General Strike

    Oct 2, 197590m

    The miners are betrayed by union leaders during the General Strike.

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