To Serve Them All My Days
The BBC's classic story of an English schoolmaster's life of tragedy and triumph between the wars
Premiered: Oct 17, 1980 | 1 seasons | 13 episodes
Popularity: 2
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| After barely surviving the trenches of World War I, an embittered young soldier takes a teaching post at Bamfylde, an elite boarding school in the uplands of West Devon. It is an unlikely job for a Welsh miner's son without a degree, but David Powlett-Jones (John Duttine) proves to be a rare schoolmaster, as passionate about learning as he is about teaching. Through two tumultuous decades, Powlett-Jones inspires his students with his courage and idealism, qualities that help prepare him to send another generation of young men off to fight yet another war. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Duttine | David Powlett-Jones | 13 |
| Susan Jameson | Christine Forster | 13 |
| John Welsh | Cordwainer | 13 |
| Nicholas Lyndhurst | Dobson | 13 |
| Belinda Lang | Beth | 13 |
| Frank Middlemass | Algy Herries | 13 |
| Norman Bird | Alderman Blunt | 13 |
| Neil Stacy | Carter | 13 |
| Charles Kay | Alcock | 13 |
| Cyril Luckham | Sir Rufus Creighton | 13 |
| Richard Davies | Minister | 13 |
| Patricia Lawrence | Ellie Herries | 13 |
| Kim Braden | Julia | 13 |
| John Line | Garside | 4 |