Series synopsis
Hope Island is an American drama family television series that premiered on Pax TV on September 12, 1999. It ended on April 3, 2000. It was created by Mary Hanes, Jason Milligan. It stars Cameron Daddo, Suki Kaiser, Duncan Fraser and Haig Sutherland.
Hope Island is an American television show that originally aired on PAX TV in the 1999-2000 season. It was based on Ballykissangel, a popular drama that aired on the BBC One. - Reverend Daniel Cooper arrives on Hope Island to reopen a church that has been abandoned for decades, hoping the quiet assignment will help him move past a personal tragedy. Met with skepticism from the island’s residents—especially innkeeper Alex Stone, who has long turned away from faith—Daniel struggles to find his p ...
Premise
Hope Island is an American television show that originally aired on PAX TV in the 1999-2000 season. It was based on Ballykissangel, a popular drama that aired on the BBC One. - Reverend Daniel Cooper arrives on Hope Island to reopen a church that has been abandoned for decades, hoping the quiet assignment will help him move past a personal tragedy. Met with skepticism from the island’s residents—especially innkeeper Alex Stone, who has long turned away from faith—Daniel struggles to find his place. With the help of Alex’s young son Dylan, a lonely boy who becomes his unexpected ally, Daniel begins restoring both the church and his own sense of purpose. As he earns the trust of the island’s quirky community, he must confront the past he tried to escape and discovers the possibility of healing, belonging, and new love.
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The series ran for 22 episodes, and focused on the residents of Hope Island, a small island in the Pacific Northwest with a population of 1,998.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Cameron Daddo as Reverend Daniel Cooper
- Suki Kaiser as Alex Stone
- Duncan Fraser as Brian Brewster
- Haig Sutherland as Nub Flanders
- Beverley Elliott as Bonita Vasquez
- Gina Stockdale as Ruby Vasquez
- Allison Hossack as Molly Brewster
- David James Lewis as Kevin Mitchum
Supporting cast
- Veena Sood as Callie Pender
- Matthew Walker as Father Mac
- Max Peters as Dylan Stone
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Judge Patrick Bradley
- Michael Puttonen as Calvin Douglas
- Christine Willes as Mrs. Salvo
- Maggie O'Hara as Melissa
- Mark Hildreth as Mark
- Donnelly Rhodes as Jake Mitchum
- John Juliani as Cliff Cooper
- Belinda Montgomery as Jo Sommers
- Stacy Grant as Kara Sommers
Guest cast
- Roscoe Lee Browne as Judge Patrick Bradley
- Michael Puttonen as Calvin Douglas
- Christine Willes as Mrs. Salvo
- Maggie O'Hara as Melissa
- Mark Hildreth as Mark
- Donnelly Rhodes as Jake Mitchum
- John Juliani as Cliff Cooper
- Belinda Montgomery as Jo Sommers
- Stacy Grant as Kara Sommers
- Timothy Webber as Roy Franklin
- Brian Jensen as Boris Obolenski
- Jennifer Copping as Delores MacMaster
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 22 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 22 | September 12, 1999 | April 3, 2000 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Look One Way and Row Another Reverend Daniel Cooper arrives on Hope Island to reopen the Community Church and encounters rejection and distrust from some of the locals, especially from Alex Stone, the beautiful and feisty owner of the local tavern The Widow's Walk. Daniel also clashes with Brian Brewster, an arrogant and ambitious entrepreneur who wants to turn the Community Church into a Las Vegas type attraction to draw tourists to Hope Island. The island's one and only police officer Kevin Mitchum is devastated when he learns that his father Jake is showing the first signs of Alzheimer's. |
September 12, 1999 |
| 2 |
Each Tub Must Stand On It's Own Bottom Molly and Kevin struggle when Kevin questions having kids, while Daniel pushes him to try parenting by caring for an abandoned newborn. As the island rallies around the baby, Daniel’s new choir faces its own dilemma: how to gently remove Molly’s tone‑deaf father before a joint performance with the polished Catholic choir. |
September 19, 1999 |
| 3 |
It Takes a Voyage to Learn Daniel befriends a dying retired judge, but has difficulty giving him spiritual comfort after the judge confesses to a painful secret. After 17 years of silence between Ruby and Bonita Vasquez, Daniel gets them to start speaking to each other again, but mother and daughter end up constantly fighting. Alex and Molly hatch a plan to bring back to Hope Island the man who broke both Ruby and Bonita's hearts to get them to stop fighting. |
September 26, 1999 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Pax TV |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 12, 1999 |
| Last aired | April 3, 2000 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday |