Hard Times (Scripted, English)
Genres: Drama
Status: Ended
Premiered: 1977-10-25
Ended: 1977-11-15
Network: ITV1
Country: GB
Airs on: Tuesday
Runtime: 60 minutes
Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, retired merchant in the industrial city of Coketown, England, devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his oldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.