Faith in the Future (TV series)

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Faith in the Future
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Genre Comedy
Written by
Directed bySylvie Boden
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series3
No. of episodes22
Production
Running time22 minutes
Production company LWT
Original release
Network ITV
Release17 November 1995 (1995-11-17) 
27 February 1998 (1998-02-27)
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Faith in the Future is a British comedy television show running from 17 November 1995 to 27 February 1998. A sequel to the show Second Thoughts , it aired on ITV for 22 episodes. [1]

Contents

The show continues the story of Faith Greyshott (Lynda Bellingham), newly single after splitting from her long-term partner, Bill, at the end of Second Thoughts. With her daughter Hannah (Julia Sawalha) away travelling and her son Joe now in a shared flat, Faith decides it's time to stop being a wife and mother and live her life for herself; however, her plans are scuppered when Hannah returns and moves back home.

The series has been repeated on ITV3.

Characters

Minor characters

Episode guide

Series 1: 1995

#TitleAirdate
1"Should I Stay or Should I Go?"17 November 1995 (1995-11-17)
2"Naked Ambition"24 November 1995 (1995-11-24)
3"Prickly Heat"1 December 1995 (1995-12-01)
4"Break Up Break Down"8 December 1995 (1995-12-08)
5"Odd Job"15 December 1995 (1995-12-15)
6"Food of Love"22 December 1995 (1995-12-22)
7"A Moving Moment"29 December 1995 (1995-12-29)

Series 2: 1996

#TitleAirdate
8"Marks Out of Ten"8 November 1996 (1996-11-08)
9"Wrong Moves"15 November 1996 (1996-11-15)
10"The Big Test"22 November 1996 (1996-11-22)
11"A Knight Out"29 November 1996 (1996-11-29)
12"Young and Foolish"6 December 1996 (1996-12-06)
13"Design Flaw"13 December 1996 (1996-12-13)
14"Art Lovers"20 December 1996 (1996-12-20)
Faith takes a group of elderly art students to France. Hilarity ensues.
15"Body Language"27 December 1996 (1996-12-27)

Series 3: 1998

#TitleAirdate
16"Surprise, Surprise!"9 January 1998 (1998-01-09)
17"Share Options"16 January 1998 (1998-01-16)
18"Hearts and Flowers"23 January 1998 (1998-01-23)
Paul gets shock news from abroad, while Hannah and Jools wake up in the same bed unable to remember what happened.
19"Goodbye to Love"6 February 1998 (1998-02-06)
20"Always On My Mind"13 February 1998 (1998-02-13)
21"Prodigal Mother"20 February 1998 (1998-02-20)
22"Stand by Me"27 February 1998 (1998-02-27)

DVD release

The Complete Series of Faith in the Future was released by Network on 13 April 2015. [3]

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References

  1. "BBC - Comedy Guide - Faith In The Future". 15 January 2005. Archived from the original on 15 January 2005.
  2. "TELEVISION Faith in the Future (ITV)". The Independent. 2 December 1995.
  3. "Faith in the Future - the Complete Series". Amazon UK. 13 April 2015.