Series · Drama
To Serve Them All My Days (1980)
★ 7.8 · 4 votes1 season · 13 episodesDrama1980
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.
- Creator
- Andrew Davies
- Writers
- Andrew Davies, R.F. Delderfield
- Network
- BBC One
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- First aired
- October 17, 1980
- Status
- Ended
Cast
John DuttineDavid Powlett-Jones
Frank MiddlemassAlgy Herries
Alan MacNaughtanHowarth- Patricia LawrenceEllie Herries
- Neil StacyCarter
Susan JamesonChristine Forster
Cyril LuckhamSir Rufus Creighton- Phillip JosephEmrys Powlett-Jones
Charles KayAlcock
Kim BradenJulia
John WelshCordwainer
David KingBarnaby
Simon Gipps-KentBoyer
Belinda LangBeth
Norman BirdAlderman Blunt- Michael TurnerBrigadier Cooper
- John LineGarside
Nicholas LyndhurstDobson- Alastair WyllieMolyneux
- Sonesh SiraKassava Major
Episodes
0/13 watched- Episode 1: Part One50 min · Oct 17, 1980
- Episode 2: Part Two50 min · Oct 24, 1980
- Episode 3: Part Three50 min · Oct 31, 1980
- Episode 4: Part Four50 min · Nov 7, 1980
- Episode 5: Part Five50 min · Nov 14, 1980
- Episode 6: Part Six50 min · Nov 21, 1980
- Episode 7: Part Seven50 min · Nov 28, 1980
- Episode 8: Part Eight50 min · Dec 5, 1980
- Episode 9: Part Nine50 min · Dec 12, 1980
- Episode 10: Part Ten50 min · Dec 19, 1980
- Episode 11: Part Eleven50 min · Jan 2, 1981
- Episode 12: Part Twelve50 min · Jan 9, 1981
- Episode 13: Part Thirteen50 min · Jan 16, 1981
