Timothy West stars as tyrannical northern coalmine and mill owner Bradley Hardacre in this gloriously funny ITV comedy.   There’s trouble down t’pit! Timothy West stars as tyrannical northern coalmine and mill owner Bradley Hardacre in this gloriously funny ITV comedy that spoofs all the gritty northern mill dramas you’ve ever seen! Hardacre was born into the working classes and now he’s at the top of the heap he despises everyone who works for him. ‘A triumphant screen original, firing on all cylinders’ – Daily Telegraph