Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "High Hopes is a sitcom made in Wales, produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan for BBC Wales and is set in a fictional area of the South Wales Valleys called Cwm-Pen-Ôl (which is Welsh for 'Backside Valley'). It stars Margaret John as widow Elsie Hepplewhite, Robert Blythe as her son Richard Hepplewhite, Steven Meo as Hoffman and Oliver Wood (formerly Ben Evans) as Charlie. It revolves around Elsie's son Richard (known as Fagin) and his dodgy business ventures, assisted by the two boys, who attempted to rob the Hepplewhites' house in the first episode. The pilot was shown on BBC all over the UK in 1999, with slight differences to future cast and plot.The series started in 2002, and in March 2007, filming began on its fifth series.The sixth and final series, consisting of six episodes, was first shown on BBC1 Wales weekly from Tuesday, 11 November 2008. But, before it aired a report in the South Wales Echo (6 October 2008), titled 'Welsh sitcom set to be axed', confirmed that: \"High Hopes will not be re-commissioned beyond 2009, a BBC spokesman confirmed.He said: “The next series of High Hopes is due to go out this autumn. The series has not been re-commissioned for next year.”He added that High Hopes – currently in its fifth series – could return at a future date.\"A three-part \"Best Bits\" special was shown on BBC1 Wales, starting 20 September; the third episode was on Sunday, 4 October 2009.In December 2014 it was announced a one-off special would be screened in March 2015 as a part of the BBC Wales real season of programmes"@en }
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- High_Hopes_(Welsh_TV_series) abstract "High Hopes is a sitcom made in Wales, produced and directed by Gareth Gwenlan for BBC Wales and is set in a fictional area of the South Wales Valleys called Cwm-Pen-Ôl (which is Welsh for 'Backside Valley'). It stars Margaret John as widow Elsie Hepplewhite, Robert Blythe as her son Richard Hepplewhite, Steven Meo as Hoffman and Oliver Wood (formerly Ben Evans) as Charlie. It revolves around Elsie's son Richard (known as Fagin) and his dodgy business ventures, assisted by the two boys, who attempted to rob the Hepplewhites' house in the first episode. The pilot was shown on BBC all over the UK in 1999, with slight differences to future cast and plot.The series started in 2002, and in March 2007, filming began on its fifth series.The sixth and final series, consisting of six episodes, was first shown on BBC1 Wales weekly from Tuesday, 11 November 2008. But, before it aired a report in the South Wales Echo (6 October 2008), titled 'Welsh sitcom set to be axed', confirmed that: \"High Hopes will not be re-commissioned beyond 2009, a BBC spokesman confirmed.He said: “The next series of High Hopes is due to go out this autumn. The series has not been re-commissioned for next year.”He added that High Hopes – currently in its fifth series – could return at a future date.\"A three-part \"Best Bits\" special was shown on BBC1 Wales, starting 20 September; the third episode was on Sunday, 4 October 2009.In December 2014 it was announced a one-off special would be screened in March 2015 as a part of the BBC Wales real season of programmes".