Dit verhaal gunt een kijkje in het leven van een leuk modaal stel in Londen, Shirley en Cyril. En ook in dat van zijn moeder, die snel oud wordt en steeds vergeetachtiger, moeder's akelige, bovenmodale buren, Cyrils hooghartige zus Valerie en haar flirtende man. Shirley wil een baby, maar Cyril, die Marx leest en een perfecte wereld wil, is daar tegen. Cyrils moeder sluit zichzelf buiten en moet haar verwaande buren om hulp vragen. Moeder wordt bijna 70 jaar en Valerie organiseert een feest voor haar, wat van begin tot eind een ramp wordt. Shirley probeert de boel te redden en zij en Cyril moeten wel hun afstandelijkheid aan de kant zetten.
Nee, helaas is High Hopes nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Mike Leigh | Director |
| Writing | Mike Leigh | Writer |
| Art | Steve Wheeler | Standby Property Master |
| Camera | Roger Pratt | Director of Photography |
| Production | Tom Donald | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Simon Fulford | Focus Puller |
| Camera | Graham Martyr | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | John Etherington | Grip |
| Camera | Roger Pratt | Camera Operator |
| Sound | George Richards | Boom Operator |
| Art | Robin Heinson | Standby Painter |
| Camera | Lucy Bristow | Camera Trainee |
| Sound | Peter Murphy | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Malcolm Roberts | Standby Carpenter |
| Production | Mike D'Silva | Accountant |
| Production | Pat Howell | Production Accountant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Black | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Sound | Peter Joly | Sound Editor |
| Production | John Paul Chapple | Production Executive |
| Lighting | Vernon Connolly | Electrician |
| Art | Colin Smith | Other |
| Sound | Paul Newson | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Production | Graham Broadbent | Production Runner |
| Art | Perry Bell | Painter |
| Crew | Richard Booz | Transportation Captain |
| Camera | David Appleby | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miri Ben-Schlomo | Hairdresser |
| Directing | Heather Storr | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Caroline Hill | Production Manager |
| Production | Sue Hayes | Unit Manager |
| Production | Sue Whatmough | Casting Director |
| Art | Eric Strange | Dressing Prop |
| Directing | Howard Arundel | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Chris Streeter | Driver |
| Production | Claudine Aidenbaum | Producer's Assistant |
| Art | Dave Pearce | Construction Manager |
| Art | Barry Arnold | Standby Property Master |
| Production | John Sivers | Accounting Supervisor |
| Art | Andrew Rothschild | Art Direction |
| Art | Shirley Spriggs | Construction Buyer |
| Production | Micky Moynihan | Location Manager |
| Directing | David Carrigan | Third Assistant Director |
| Crew | Bob Wilcox | Generator Operator |
| Art | Colin Brooks | Painter |
| Sound | Billy McCarthy | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Andrew McClelland | First Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Steve Evans | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Debbie Scott | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Directing | Dom Shaw | Assistant Director |
| Production | Britt Harrison | Production Coordinator |
| Lighting | Peter Lamb | Best Boy Lighting Technician |
| Art | Les Benson | Property Master |
| Sound | Peter Maxwell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Marc Munden | Second Assistant Director |
| Lighting | Ted Read | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Barry Read | Electrician |
| Lighting | Tony Rubini | Standby Rigger |
| Camera | Frank O'Connor | Still Photographer |
| Production | Maddy Hall | Other |
| Art | Chris Allies | Title Designer |
| Sound | Andrew Dickson | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Diana Charnley | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lindy Hemming | Costume Design |
| Editing | Jon Gregory | Editor |
| Production | Simon Channing Williams | Producer |
| Production | Victor Glynn | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Morag Ross | Makeup Artist |
