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Season 1

  • SPECIAL 0x1 Pilot - Saving Private Ryan

    • April 1, 1999
    • BBC One

    Two homeless teenagers find a dead body. Note: In the pilot, the boys knew Fagin already, but in the series, Fagin met them and their knowledge of each other developed very quickly, although he knew them it was not as if he had known them for long.

  • S01E01 Saving Private Ryan

    • October 2, 2002
    • BBC One

    Two homeless teenagers get more than they bargain for when they break into a council house on the valley's estate. The occupants, a middle-aged, agoraphobic master criminal and his elderly mother, are ready to exact an unexpected justice.

  • S01E02 To Catch a Thief

    • October 9, 2002
    • BBC One

    Fagin is distressed when Mam confesses to an affair with an infamous cat burglar, Aneurin Snoddy. Fagin is determined to find out whether Snoddy could be his real father - and whether he could be conned out of his acquired fortune.

  • S01E03 Do the Right Thing

    • October 16, 2002
    • BBC One

    Hoffman and Charlie are left with a stack of bogus porn videos when a dodgy deal goes awry. However, in the pile is a CCTV tape that reveals the perpetrator of a heinous crime: the torching of the local Big Burger fast-food outlet.

  • S01E04 Heavens Above!

    • October 23, 2002
    • BBC One

    The trendy new vicar angers Fagin when he asks Charlie and Hoffman to help him collect donations for his new cyber cafe.

  • S01E05 Primary Colours

    • October 30, 2002
    • BBC One

    Mam, Hoffman and Charlie persuade Fagin to stand for the Welsh Assembly on a manifesto of suspicion and bigotry, and he campaigns from his living room, with the family as his political team.

  • S01E06 Indecent Proposal

    • November 6, 2002
    • BBC One

    Hoffman is pursued by WPC Juliette Barnfield, and his plan to put her off fails. But terror turns to adoration.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Pretty Woman

    • November 5, 2003
    • BBC One

    Charlie's mother pays a visit, announcing that she is leaving for Australia to marry a kangaroo farmer who she met on a rugby trip. Will she take Charlie to Wagga Wagga with her? The unity of the Hepplewhite household is threatened.

  • S02E02 Rear Window

    • November 19, 2003
    • BBC One

    Mam and Mrs Coles fall out big time and the Hepplewhites are banned from the shop.

  • S02E03 Human Jungle

    • November 26, 2003
    • BBC One

    Fagin is ordered by the Court to see a psychiatrist. The Hepplewhites rally round, and Sgt Ball gives his expert advice.

  • S02E04 Stardust

    • December 3, 2003
    • BBC One

    Fagin becomes the manager of wannabe pop idols Hoffman and Charlie. Claude and Sgt Ball form a rival duo. Can The Tealeaves outwit The Cops? Will the Hepplewhites be whisked off into a world of stardust and riches? Mam saves the day, or does she?

  • S02E05 Lethal Weapon

    • December 10, 2003
    • BBC One

    An old friend of Fagin turns up, and he feels obliged to help, despite his reservations.

  • S02E06 Mission Impossible

    • December 17, 2003
    • BBC One

    The Hepplewhite family have a very odd day, encompassing an accident, a trip down memory lane, a mysterious stranger, a daring robbery, a stolen Dickie Bow and a vicious assault.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Only Two Can Play

    • November 10, 2004
    • BBC One

    Charlie meets Emily, a girl from the posh side of town and guess who's coming to dinner? Hoffman falls for her too.

  • S03E02 The Italian Job

    • November 15, 2004
    • BBC One

    Hoffman and Charlie are keen to learn some tricks of the trade, and Fagin goes Italian but gets caught up in spaghetti. A deal goes wrong; a tangle with the Mafia; Mam comes to the rescue.

  • S03E03 Of Mice and Men

    • November 24, 2004
    • BBC One

    Dr Raghaven is called as Fagin faces the final curtain with only 24 hours to live. Mam and the boys are devastated. Sergeant Ball and Mrs Coles are sceptical but Fagin is philosophical.

  • S03E04 The Accused

    • December 1, 2004
    • BBC One

    Fagin is charged with murder again. DI Piggot from Cardiff hauls him down to the local police station. Mam, the boys, Ball and Claude rally round but Piggot is not to be toyed with. It looks like a sewn-up case but have Mrs Coles and the boys some surprises up their sleeves?

  • S03E05 The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone

    • December 8, 2004
    • BBC One

    The Cwm Pen Ol Am Dram players are putting on Romeo and Juliet, and the director, Mr Stone, gives Mam her big break.

  • S03E06 Privates on Parade

    • December 21, 2004
    • BBC One

    Hoffman and Charlie's friend joins the army but soon goes AWOL. The Hepplewhites hide him under a mattress.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    • November 16, 2005
    • BBC One

    Fagin, Mam and the boys pit themselves against big business and local government.

  • S04E02 Every Picture Tells a Story

    • November 23, 2005
    • BBC One

    A valuable painting falls into the Hepplewhites' hands. They call on Daniel Gold, an old art expert friend of Mam's for help, but things go wrong. Fagin's mental state deteriorates as criminals and bent coppers vie for possession.

  • S04E03 As You Like It

    • November 30, 2005
    • BBC One

    Charlie falls in love, but it is not what he expected. Is it just a dream? Mam has a plan.

  • S04E04 A Touch of Class

    • December 7, 2005
    • BBC One

    A VIP passes through Cwm Pen Ol on the day of the village fancy dress party. Hoffman and Charlie get cooking.

  • S04E05 Close Encounters of the Third Kind

    • December 14, 2005
    • BBC One

    Walter Coles disappears when investigating strange lights on the Glyn mountain. Has he been abducted by aliens or is there a terrestrial explanation? Mam and Mrs Coles set out to look for him.

  • S04E06 Uncle Tom

    • December 21, 2005
    • BBC One

    A visit from Uncle Tom plunges the Hepplewhite household into chaos. Ghosts from the past are reawakened.

Season 5

  • SPECIAL 0x4 A Christmas Story

    • December 19, 2006
    • BBC One

    It's Christmas. Broke and desperate, the Hepplewhites become entangled in an audacious robbery.

  • S05E01 The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    • March 1, 2007
    • BBC One

    Mam is having a hip replacement in a hospital that is already undergoing a body parts scandal. Claude is in charge of the investigation because Sgt Ball is away on an anger management course. Back home Hoffman and Charlie are delighted when Fagin meets Esmeralda - a sparkling-eyed Irish gypsy.

  • S05E02 Dead Man Walking

    • March 14, 2007
    • BBC One

    Hoffman and Charlie invite Kurt Stable, a faded popstar, back home but things go seriously awry. Sgt Ball and Claude's reporting of a stag night that ended in tragedy offers an unexpected solution to the resulting dilemma. Mam leads them up the garden path.

  • S05E03 Séance on a Wet Afternoon

    • March 21, 2007
    • BBC One

    A rainy day in Cwm Pen Ol. The tedium in the Hepplewhite household is relieved by conversation - old tales of seaside adventures and family histories.

  • S05E04 The Outsider

    • March 22, 2007
    • BBC One

    Hoffman is going through the dark night of the soul!

  • S05E05 The Fly

    • April 4, 2007
    • BBC One

    Fagin is under threat from Karl Sweeney who has escaped from Happy Valley Mental Hospital.

Season 6

  • S06E01 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

    • November 11, 2008
    • BBC One

    With Mam confined to bed, the boys must look after her and themselves.

  • S06E02 I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

    • November 18, 2008
    • BBC One

    Fagin is being tormented by his old adversary, the baboon Loping Ted. Meanwhile, Mam cannot sleep, and decides to call in to a late night radio programme in the hope that the host, Chris Desire, can cheer her up.

  • S06E03 Nine to Five

    • November 25, 2008
    • BBC One

    A discontented Hoffman and Charlie decide to take up an offer of work from Mr Shepherd, only to be caught by Sgt Ball and Claude. The work is not exactly what the boys expected, however, especially when they find out that they have to work on the day of the local rock festival.

  • S06E04 A Passage to India

    • December 2, 2008
    • BBC One

    The Immigration Department, in the guise of Adam Mosley, plan to deport Muktar Rahman, the elderly patriarch of the local Indian restaurant, back to the Punjab. The community rallies around to save him, led by Mam.

  • S06E05 Internal Affairs

    • December 9, 2008
    • BBC One

    Newly-seconded WPC Holly Nash provides unexpected romance for Claude, as Sgt Ball is set up by arch-enemy DI Frank Blunt of Internal Affairs. Fagin and Mam warn Ball, but is he being dangerously blase? Hoffman and Charlie get tooled up, but disaster seems inevitable.

  • S06E06 Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

    • December 16, 2008
    • BBC One

    Mam and Fagin are concerned when Sgt Ball asks the boys to go to Cardiff for him and pick up an envelope from a Mr Hunter. They warn the boys to keep a low profile, as the city is a dangerous place. Will the pair be able to heed Mam and Fagin's advice and return home safely?

  • SPECIAL 0x8 Do Not Go Gentle

    • March 23, 2015

    Fagin is devastated after Mam passes away so Sgt Ball, Claude and the Boys all rally round him.

  • SPECIAL 0x9 Backstage

    • March 23, 2015

    Showing as part of the BBC Wales Real Valleys season. A behind-the-scenes look at the return of High Hopes. Presented by Alex Hawkes.

Additional Specials

  • SPECIAL 0x2 2006 Specials - Planet of the Apes - Part One

    • March 30, 2006
    • BBC One

    The Hepplewhites are back in a two part special of the comedy drama series. Fagin looks for a cure for his agoraphobia. Mam and the boys are worried about Fagin. His mental state is deteriorating - if it can deteriorate any further. His agoraphobia is to blame and to cap it all a certain baboon is lurking in the wings. Hoffman, Charlie, Sgt Ball and Claude become involved. Mam pulls out all the stops to bring the nightmare to an end.

  • SPECIAL 0x3 2006 Specials - Planet of the Apes - Part Two

    • April 5, 2006
    • BBC One

    The Hepplewhites are back with the second part of a special of the comedy drama series. Fagin is still at the clinic and is being experimented on by the evil Professor Blunt.

  • SPECIAL 0x5 Best Bits - Part 1

    • September 20, 2009
    • BBC One

    Revisit the classic cult valleys comedy series High Hopes, with exclusive interviews with the creator, director and stars of the show.

  • SPECIAL 0x6 Best Bits - Part 2

    • September 27, 2009
    • BBC One

    The cast reveal previously unbroadcast intimate behind the scenes moments.

  • SPECIAL 0x7 Best Bits - Part 3

    • October 4, 2009
    • BBC One

    Exclusive interviews from the creator, director and stars of the show: Margaret John, Robert Blythe, Steve Meo, Oliver Wood, Ben Evans, Keiron Self and Boyd Clack.