A Family at War Hope Against Hope (Season 2, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Drama, History, War

A Family at War

Hope Against Hope (Season 2, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Drama, History, War

Liverpool, May 1941. Margaret is going to live with Michael Armstrong, but when she visits him an aerial bomb hits the house, and sets the whole building on fire. Margaret is seriously hurt and taken to the hospital, where members of her ...See moreLiverpool, May 1941. Margaret is going to live with Michael Armstrong, but when she visits him an aerial bomb hits the house, and sets the whole building on fire. Margaret is seriously hurt and taken to the hospital, where members of her family soon turn up to visit her. She is four months pregnant and everybody worries about the baby's survival chances. At the same time Mrs. Porter is on her way to Liverpool. A British soldier has found a letter written by John at the battlefield in France, and has sent it to her. The soldier is back in Liverpool, and now she wants to get more information from him. Written by Maths Jesperson {[email protected]} See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Colin Douglas Edwin Ashton Edwin Ashton See fewer	The Crawling Eye (1958)
Shelagh Fraser Jean Ashton Jean Ashton See fewer	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Coral Atkins Sheila Ashton Sheila Ashton See fewer	A Family at War (1970)
Lesley Nunnerley Margaret Porter Margaret Porter See fewer	A Family at War (1970)
Barbara Flynn Freda Ashton Freda Ashton See fewer	Miss Potter (2006)
David Dixon Robert Ashton Robert Ashton See fewer	The Legend of Robin Hood (1975)
T.R. Bowen Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen) Tony Briggs (as Trevor Bowen) See fewer	Run Fatboy Run (2007)
Mark Jones Michael Armstrong Michael Armstrong See fewer	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Margery Mason Mrs Porter Mrs Porter See fewer	The Princess Bride (1987)
Mark Edwards Owen Thomas Owen Thomas See fewer	Tower of Evil (1972)
Lennard Pearce Cowking Cowking See fewer	Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Michael Craze Corporal Corporal See fewer	Doctor Who (1963)
Harry Littlewood Warden Warden See fewer	A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (1987)
Sandra Downs Nurse (as Sandra Downes) Nurse (as Sandra Downes) See fewer	The Corridor People (1966)