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Season 1

3 episodes · 3rd July 2014

Told in three parts and inspired by true events, first-hand accounts and employing actual newsreel footage, Hope and Wire is a fictional account following the aftermath of the Earthquakes that befell New Zealand’s Christchurch between 2010 and 2011, telling a universal story of family, hope and triumph against the odds.

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01 Part One still Part One Episode 13rd July 2014 When Len and Joycie are jolted off their couch and into their backyard by a massive earthquake, they find their young neighbours unexpectedly helpful. But unsavoury elements are on the prowl and continuing aftershocks are shredding everyone’s nerves to breaking point. Tuesday February 22, 2011 dawns peacefully enough but little does Ginny know that at 12.51pm a lethal earthquake will reveal fractures in her family that she cannot ignore. Joycie fears for Len in Lyttelton, but to Monee the earthquake means freedom. 02 Episode 2 still Episode 2 Episode 210th July 2014 In the post-earthquake ‘new normal’, Ryan is living in his ute outside his liquefied dream home. Joycie shines as camp mother to inner-city waifs and strays, while Jonty becomes ever more desperate to get to his office through the closed red zone cordon. Quake runner Donna is frustrated when Ryan visits the family in Auckland and can’t get the shaky city out of his mind. Ginny confronts Jonty over his guilty secrets. Monee, on the run and squatting in the deserted suburb Atlantis, puts Ryan in danger. 03 Episode 3 still Episode 3 Episode 317th July 2014 Len and Joycie break the abuse cycle that has Monee in its grip, while dealing with the consequences of a TV interview in which Len has said too much. Dwayne shows he’s not so hopeless after all and Ryan realises the hard truth about his mate Greggo. Joycie’s honesty costs her her job caring for Aunt Dorothy and Len tries to make amends by organising a party with The Eastern playing. Ginny does a vital deal with Monee and makes a bid for her own freedom, while Ryan’s isolation takes him to the brink.
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01 Bernard Hill profile Bernard Hillas Len Russell 02 Rachel House profile Rachel Houseas Joycie Waru 03 Jarod Rawiri profile Jarod Rawirias Ryan 04 Miriama McDowell profile Miriama McDowellas Donna 05 Stephen Lovatt profile Stephen Lovattas Jonty Smith-Robinson 06 Luanne Gordon profile Luanne Gordonas Ginny Smith-Robinson 07 Joel Tobeck profile Joel Tobeckas Greggo 08 Chelsie Preston Crayford profile Chelsie Preston Crayfordas Monee 09 Kip Chapman profile Kip Chapmanas King 10 Anton Tennet profile Anton Tennetas Dwayne 11 Lucy Wyma profile Lucy Wymaas Hayley Smith-Robinson 12 Gaylene Preston profile Gaylene PrestonCreator
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