Hope Springs
Hope Springs is a British television comedy-drama series following the lives of four female ex-cons in hiding following a multimillion pound robbery. Produced by Shed Productions, the company behind Bad Girls, Footballers' Wives and Waterloo Road, the 8-part series began airing on BBC One on 7 June 2009 and finished on 26 July 2009. After a single series, the BBC cancelled Hope Springs, because it "did not find its audience in the way that [they] had hoped."
Ellie, Hannah, Josie and Shoo prepare to start a new life on a Barbados beach. They wait for their mate Mandy to arrive with their passports from Manchester but not everything goes to plan.
The women decide to try and steal Sadie's money after their three million pound has been destroyed in the fire. The women reach breaking point when Shoo threatens to leave.
Back with her friends in Hope Springs, Shoo puts all thoughts of her ex-boyfriend out of her mind, focusing her attentions on new beau Dean.
The news of Nathan's murder strikes fear into the hearts of Ellie, Hannah, Shoo and Josie. Believing the net is tightening on them, the girls decide to leave Hope Springs, but with no money or passports, they must resort to stealing other people's identities.
As Ann Marie and Gil prepare to get married, Sadie is taken prisoner in her own bedroom. Things get much worse when hitman Marius arrives in town.
So that they can get some fake passports the women decide to fix a poker game. When the opposition decide to try and fix things as well not everything goes to plan.
When Ann Marie decides to sell the hotel to a pair of city boys the girls aren't happy with the idea.
The women's criminal past catches up with them when they get a surprise visit from Roy. As things go from bad to worse, will they ever live out their Barbados dream?
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| Language | English |
| Release | 2009-06-07 |
| Producer | Shed Productions |