To Serve Them All My Days

1980 - 1981 NR 11h 13m 8.5

David Powlett-Jones has just returned to England from the trenches of WWI. He was injured and shell-shocked and, after a spell in hospital he gets a job teaching in a boys boarding school in S.W. England. He is not at all sure he can do...

David Powlett-Jones has just returned to England from the trenches of WWI. He was injured and shell-shocked and, after a spell in hospital he gets a job teaching in a boys boarding school in S.W. England. He is not at all sure he can do the job, but the avuncular headmaster has faith in him. David, although well educated, is just a humble lad from the Welsh valleys at heart and has to fit himself and his ideas into the heart of the English establishment.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Part One

1. Part One

Aired: Oct 17, 1980

During WWI, an injured and shell-shocked David Powlett-Jones applies to teach...

Episode 2 Part Two

2. Part Two

Aired: Oct 24, 1980

David goes home to Wales for the first time since he was invalided out, but h...

Episode 3 Part Three

3. Part Three

Aired: Oct 31, 1980

Alderman Blunt wants to donate a war memorial to Bamfylde, but some of the Bo...

Episode 4 Part Four

4. Part Four

Aired: Nov 7, 1980

Headmaster Herries hires Mrs. Darbyshire, a semi-widow whose husband was gass...

Episode 5 Part Five

5. Part Five

Aired: Nov 14, 1980

When Cordwainer dies, Headmaster Herries offers David the housemaster positio...

Episode 6 Part Six

6. Part Six

Aired: Nov 21, 1980

David is devastated by the death of Beth and the twins, and contemplates leav...

Episode 7 Part Seven

7. Part Seven

Aired: Nov 28, 1980

Headmaster Herries announces his retirement, and David feels forced to campai...

Episode 8 Part Eight

8. Part Eight

Aired: Dec 5, 1980

The new headmaster is more concerned with discipline over the welfare of the ...

Episode 9 Part Nine

9. Part Nine

Aired: Dec 12, 1980

Alcock demands that the housemasters identify the older boys who have special...

Episode 10 Part Ten

10. Part Ten

Aired: Dec 19, 1980

Headmaster Alcock is determined to have David fired and makes a formal compla...

Episode 11 Part Eleven

11. Part Eleven

Aired: Jan 2, 1981

David feels guilty about Alcock's death. Herries steps in as temporary headma...

Episode 12 Part Twelve

12. Part Twelve

Aired: Jan 9, 1981

Christine reappears, bringing a young Jewish refugee to Bamfylde. David's mot...

Episode 13 Part Thirteen

13. Part Thirteen

Aired: Jan 16, 1981

Christine is discontented at Bamfylde, but David finally finds something to u...

Info about To Serve Them All My Days

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Drama