TO SERVE THEM ALL MY DAYS (1980)
Directed by Ronald Wilson
CAST:
John Duttine .... David Powlett-Jones
Frank Middlemass .... Algy Herries
Alan MacNaughton .... Howarth
Neil Stacy .... Carter
David King .... Barnaby
Charles Kay .... Alcock
Belinda Lang .... Beth Marwood/Powlett-Jones
Kim Braden .... Julia Darbyshire
Susan Jameson .... Christine Forster/Powlett-Jones |  |
SYNOPSIS:
David Powlett-Jones, invalided out of the Army by shell shock, arrives at Bamfylde School, unaware that his meeting with the Headmaster, Algy Herries, is about to alter the course of his life. Although David has never before been a teacher, he joins the boys' school faculty where his students are all from upper-class affluent families--unlike his own roots which are from a poor Welsh mining family. Set against the backdrop of social upheaval in the 1920's & 1930's, the series covers Powlett-Jones' teaching career for more than two decades. He becomes an excellent educator, inspiring the boys with his own qualities of insight and idealism, qualities that help prepare him to send off his students to fight yet another war in 1939.
PHOTOS & MEDIA:
TRIVIA:
• Though their characters were enemies in the series, co-star John Duttine in retrospective interviews has spoken highly and with great admiration for Charles Kay.
• In 1989, Charles Kay would reunite with co-star John Duttine for the original West End production of The Woman in Black.
LINKS:
http:// Official Site (PBS)
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