To Serve Them All My Days (1980)

10/17/1980 (EN) • 50m

Drama

The BBC's classic story of an English schoolmaster's life of tragedy and triumph between the wars

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Frank Middlemass

Algy Herries

13 Episodes

Jonathan Duttine

David Powlett-Jones

13 Episodes

Kim Braden

Julia

13 Episodes

Susan Jameson

Christine Forster

13 Episodes

Alan MacNaughtan

Howarth

13 Episodes

Patricia Lawrence

Ellie Herries

13 Episodes

Neil Stacy

Carter

13 Episodes

Charles Kay

Alcock

13 Episodes

John Welsh

Cordwainer

13 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

1980 | 13 Episodes

Season 1 of To Serve Them All My Days premiered on October 17, 1980.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

based on novel or book

teacher

miniseries

public school

schoolmaster

boys' school

1910s

devon

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