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To Serve Them All My Days

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.

1980 |1 Season  | 50m |  Drama

Cast

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Frank Middlemass

Algy Herries

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Kim Braden

Julia

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Susan Jameson

Christine Forster

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Alan MacNaughtan

Howarth

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Patricia Lawrence

Ellie Herries

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Charles Kay

Alcock

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John Welsh

Cordwainer

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Cyril Luckham

Sir Rufus Creighton

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Belinda Lang

Beth

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Norman Bird

Alderman Blunt

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Nicholas Lyndhurst

Dobson

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Richard Davies

Minister

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

BBC One