Faith, Hope and Glory
Drama of the Week
BBC
3.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2026
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Set in 2016, Joy, a 70-year-old grandmother, is plunged into crisis when the state declares it has no record of her existence. As the Hostile Environment tightens its grip, her daughter Glory seeks help from Serena Hope, a lawyer whose return reopens old tensions. At the same time, Joy’s half sister Jean uncovers buried evidence that could decide Joy’s fate.
Faith, Hope and Glory is an ambitious Radio 4 drama series telling intimate domestic stories that together illuminate the emergence of modern Britain. The story began in 1946, when Hope and Jim’s baby was entrusted to Eunice, later known as Faith, to take home to Antigua, but never made that journey and was taken in by Gloria and Clement. Named Joy, the child becomes the emotional centre of the series, her life unfolding across decades as personal lives intersect with social change.
Joy . . . . . Doreene Blackstock Glory . . . . . Cat Simmons Serena Hope . . . . . Rakie Ayola Jean . . . . . Nadine Marshall Keeley . . . . . Clare Corbett Receptionist . . . . . Yasmin Mwanza
Writer: Carol Russell Director: Jade Williams Producer: Jessica Dromgoole Sound design: Keith Graham, Sam Dickinson, Sharon Hughes
A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | An early start here. It's time to kick off. |
| 0:10.0 | Your day. Morning! |
| 0:11.9 | What a line-up. |
| 0:13.3 | Oh, thanks very much. We do get some great guests on the show. |
| 0:16.1 | The crowd is loving this. |
| 0:18.3 | Thanks, guys. Thank you. Too kind. |
| 0:20.2 | From morning chaos to match day commentary. |
| 0:23.6 | And everything in between. |
| 0:25.0 | BBC sounds packed with personality. |
| 0:28.8 | This is Drama of the Week. |
| 0:33.2 | Let me start by thanking all of you here in the Birmingham Caribbean Association for the |
| 0:44.1 | invitation to speak to you today. |
| 0:47.8 | I thought the best way to do this is like a Q&A. Just ask me questions. That way I know I'm telling you what you want to know. |
| 0:57.2 | So, who's going to begin? Oh, yes, madam. You in the redhead wrap? |
| 1:03.2 | Thank you so much for agreeing to come, Serena Hope. |
| 1:05.9 | It's my pleasure. What's your question? |
| 1:08.3 | In your experience, what was the root cause of the Windrish scandal? |
| 1:13.1 | All right. Long story short, on January 1st, 1973, the Immigration Act gave permanent leave to remain to all the people from the Caribbean who were in the country before that date. |
| 1:33.7 | But the government didn't memorialise the leave to remain in any other official way. |
| 1:38.0 | They didn't keep records of the people to whom indefinite leave to remain had been granted. |
| 1:43.8 | Neither were those people given a document which proved they had permanent leave to remain. |
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