“The only war worth fighting is the class war".

Four feature-length period dramas follow three young members of a Yorkshire farming family from the First World War to the General Strike of 1926: Ben, who volunteers for the army; his sister, Sarah and her husband, Phillip, a Christian Socialist and conscientious objector. As both men become scarred by their wartime experiences, Ben joins the Durham miners in a bitter struggle, while Phillip becomes a Labour MP. As the General Strike looms, the family find themselves at the heart of a pivotal moment in British politics.

Broadcast in 1975, Days of Hope was both Ken Loach and Jim Allen's most ambitious and successful television drama yet – provoking an immediate outcry from some for its critical portrayal of the army, government and police. Through the story of a fictional family and real historical events, it not only looked at a critical time in history but also reflected on the contemporary political landscape, as conflict between the miners and the government erupted once again.

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