Strangers and Brothers (TV series)
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | Strangers and Brothers by C.P. Snow |
| Written by | Julian Bond |
| Directed by | Jeremy Summers (7 episodes) Ronald Wilson (6 episodes) |
| Composer | Kenyon Emrys-Roberts |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Philip Hinchcliffe |
| Running time | 55 minutes |
| Production company | BBC |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC One |
| Release | 11 January – 4 April 1984 |
Strangers and Brothers is a 1984 British television series which produced by the BBC. Adapted from the novel series of the same name by C. P. Snow, it ran for a single series of thirteen episodes.[1]
Cast
- Shaughan Seymour as Lewis Eliot (13 episodes)
- Paul Hastings as Francis Getliffe (10 episodes)
- Edward Hardwicke as Sir Hector Rose (7 episodes)
- Sheila Ruskin as Sheila Eliot (6 episodes)
- Cherie Lunghi as Margaret Eliot (5 episodes)
- James Simmons as Walter Luke (5 episodes)
- Nigel Havers as Roy Calvert (4 episodes)
- Peter Sallis as Leonard March (3 episodes)
- Stephen Riddle as Martin Eliot (3 episodes)
- Martin Jacobs as Charles March (3 episodes)
- Elizabeth Spriggs as Lady Muriel Royce (3 episodes)
- Carmen Du Sautoy as Ann Simon (3 episodes)
- Kathryn Pogson as Joan Royce (3 episodes)
- Neil Stacy as Herbert Getliffe (3 episodes)
- James Cossins as Mr. Knight (3 episodes)
- Emma Jacobs as Katherine March (3 episodes)
- Gawn Grainger as Dr. Pearson (3 episodes)
- John Grillo as Arthur Brown 3 episodes)
- Vivienne Ritchie as Nora Luke (3 episodes)
- Shirley Cassedy as Rosalind Wykes (3 episodes)
- Anthony Hopkins as Roger Quaife (2 episodes)
- Susan Fleetwood as Lady Caroline Quaife (2 episodes)
- Christopher Casson as Austin Davidson (2 episodes)
- Tessa Peake-Jones as Irene Eliot (2 episodes)
- Frederick Treves as Vernon Royce (2 episodes)
- John Carson as Jago (2 episodes)
- Simon Oates as Major Darling (2 episodes)
- Tom Wilkinson as George Passant (2 episodes)
- Tony Britton as Lord Boscastle (2 episodes)
- Joan Greenwood as Lady Boscastle (2 episodes)
- John Normington as Monty Cave (2 episodes)
- Gareth Thomas as Arthur Mounteney (2 episodes)
- John Phillips as Reggie Collingwood (2 episodes)
- Alan MacNaughtan as Winslow (2 episodes)
- Ruth Trouncer as Mrs. Knight (2 episodes)
- Nigel Leach as Eric Sawbridge (2 episodes)
- Peter Marinker as David Rubin (2 episodes)
- Clifford Rose as Crawford (2 episodes)
- Michael Cochrane as Sammikins (2 episodes)
- Alan Downer as Rudd (2 episodes)
- Peter Copley as Despard-Smith (2 episodes)
- Kieran Montague as Kurt Puchwein (2 episodes)
- Tim Wylton as Percy Hall (2 episodes)
- Tom Chadbon as Sir Douglas Osbaldiston (2 episodes)
- Michael Troughton as Jack Cotery (2 episodes)
- Sarah Stephenson as Hanna Puchwein (2 episodes)
- Gillian Bailey as Olive Calvert (2 episodes)
- Jeffry Wickham as Chrystal (2 episodes)
- John Quentin as Nightingale (2 episodes)
- Michael Mellinger as Henriques (2 episodes)
- Hugh Moxey as Speaker of the House of Commons (2 episodes)
- Geoffrey Chater as Thomas Bevill (1 episode)
- Terence Alexander as R.S. Robinson (1 episode)
- Buster Merryfield as Bishop (1 episode)
- Geoffrey Toone as Sir Oulstone Lyall (1 episode)
- Andrew Cruickshank as M.H.L. Gay (1 episode)
- Peggy Ann Wood as Mrs. Doris Seymour (1 episode)
- Ivor Roberts as Mr. Eden (1 episode)
- Phyllida Law as Mrs. Henneker (1 episode)
- Peter Cartwright as Horace Leverett-Smith (1 episode)
- Alec Mango as Professor Brodzinski (1 episode)
- Bernard Brown as Drawbell (1 episode)
- Struan Rodger as Dr. Schäder (1 episode)
- Bernard Horsfall as Dr. Bradbury (1 episode)
- Cyril Luckham as Eustace Pilbrow (1 episode)
- Anna Calder-Marshall as Ellen Smith (1 episode)
Critical reception
In a 1985 review in the New York Times, John J. O'Connor praised only the episode based on the novel The Masters and called the series a "dud" and summarized; "the series as a whole—or at least its first half—fails to ignite with compelling characters and incidents. The themes are big, the issues are important, but Strangers and Brothers is a monumental disappointment."[2]
References
- ^ Baskin p.203
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (May 19, 1985). "The British turn out duds, too". New York Times.
Bibliography
- Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.