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To Serve Them All My Days
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To Serve Them All My Days

1980–19811 season13 episodes50 min★ 7.8 (4 votes)Rated 12
DramaBBC One

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

To Serve Them All My Days is a 1980-81 British television drama serial, adapted by Andrew Davies from R. F. Delderfield's 1972 novel of the same name. David Powlett-Jones, a shell-shocked World War I veteran, becomes a teacher at an elite English boarding school, Bamfylde. The drama explores his personal growth, relationships, and evolving views on society over his 20-year career at the school.

Created by Andrew Davies

Seasons

Miniseries
Miniseries1980 · 13 episodes

Cast

John DuttineJohn DuttineDavid Powlett-Jones · 13 ep.Frank MiddlemassFrank MiddlemassAlgy Herries · 13 ep.Alan MacNaughtanAlan MacNaughtanHowarth · 12 ep.PPatricia LawrenceEllie Herries · 8 ep.NNeil StacyCarter · 8 ep.Susan JamesonSusan JamesonChristine Forster · 5 ep.Cyril LuckhamCyril LuckhamSir Rufus Creighton · 5 ep.PPhillip JosephEmrys Powlett-Jones · 5 ep.Charles KayCharles KayAlcock · 5 ep.Kim BradenKim BradenJulia · 5 ep.John WelshJohn WelshCordwainer · 5 ep.David KingDavid KingBarnaby · 5 ep.Simon Gipps-KentSimon Gipps-KentBoyer · 5 ep.Belinda LangBelinda LangBeth · 4 ep.Norman BirdNorman BirdAlderman Blunt · 4 ep.MMichael TurnerBrigadier Cooper · 4 ep.JJohn LineGarside · 4 ep.Nicholas LyndhurstNicholas LyndhurstDobson · 4 ep.AAlastair WyllieMolyneux · 3 ep.SSonesh SiraKassava · 3 ep.Peter ArnePeter ArneDr Farrington · 2 ep.AAnn WriggDavid's Mam · 2 ep.GGrant BardsleyWinterbourne · 2 ep.Andrew BicknellAndrew BicknellIrvine · 2 ep.Tim WyltonTim WyltonGriff · 2 ep.Eileen NicholasEileen NicholasEsther · 2 ep.Matthew WaterhouseMatthew WaterhouseBriarley · 2 ep.TTony HalfpennyRigby · 2 ep.JJohn GillFerguson · 1 ep.Stephen JennStephen JennMeredith · 1 ep.DDuncan JonesCodsell · 1 ep.Lockwood WestLockwood WestDoctor Willoughby · 1 ep.Norman ShelleyNorman ShelleyGovernor · 1 ep.PPuneet SiraKassava Minor · 1 ep.PPhilip FranksBlades · 1 ep.FFrederick AlexanderRidgeway · 1 ep.EEdward Rawle-HicksGraves · 1 ep.WWarren SaireTitterton · 1 ep.Danny SchillerDanny SchillerMarty Lile · 1 ep.TToby HillCurtis · 1 ep.Richard AustinRichard AustinSanders · 1 ep.KKevin HartLetherett · 1 ep.BBenjamin PickfordWatson · 1 ep.DDaniel BeecherChatterton · 1 ep.DDaniel RadiceChandler · 1 ep.AArchie TewPoliceman · 1 ep.RRichard ColsonPettigrew · 1 ep.AAdam ArmstrongParsons · 1 ep.MMatthew RyanPinkerton · 1 ep.DDavid Carlton-YoungHarrington · 1 ep.JJoshua Le TouzelFortescue · 1 ep.DDaniel JefferiesHislop · 1 ep.MMichael ParkhouseStoker Monk · 1 ep.RRaymond BowersEvans · 1 ep.DDaniel SlaterVesey · 1 ep.SStephen RayneWetherby · 1 ep.JJohn RolfeRaunce · 1 ep.TTimothy WillsonCuthbertson · 1 ep.John OwensJohn OwensHeckler · 1 ep.John AlkinJohn AlkinChetwynd · 1 ep.

Crew

Directing
Ronald Wilson (Director), Peter Jefferies (Director), Terence Dudley (Director)
Writing
Andrew Davies (Writer), R.F. Delderfield (Novel)
Production
Ken Riddington (Producer)
Sound
Kenyon Emrys-Roberts (Original Music Composer)
Editing
Neil Pittaway (Editor), John S. Smith (Editor)
Art
Michael Young (Production Design), Raymond Cusick (Production Design)
Costume & Make-Up
Reg Samuel (Costume Design)

Data: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB), Wikidata.