A traumatized former WWI soldier becomes a teacher at an elite English boarding school, finding purpose in mentoring students while navigating class divides between his working-class roots a... Read allA traumatized former WWI soldier becomes a teacher at an elite English boarding school, finding purpose in mentoring students while navigating class divides between his working-class roots and the prestigious institution.A traumatized former WWI soldier becomes a teacher at an elite English boarding school, finding purpose in mentoring students while navigating class divides between his working-class roots and the prestigious institution.
- Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 3 nominations total
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- TriviaThe filming at the Milton Abbey School in Dorset, which served as Bamfylde in the series, took place during actual school term. The "real" students at the school happily mixed with the cast and crew and many of the boys who appear in the series are genuine schoolboys.
- GoofsPowlett Jones is referred to as PJ by Herries and others but as DJ by Alcock.
- Quotes
[talking about the death of Alcock]
Howarth: That's that, and I hope to God nobody asks me to comment. The thing I find hardest to tolerate is hypocrisy, especially when it takes the form of a sentimental regard for the dead just because they *are* dead. To hear some people talk, you'd think dying was limited to the chosen few.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983)
The one big thing which strikes me now about this series is the bounciness of the supporting cast. There can never have been any more exuberant actors than Frank Middlemass, Belinda Lang, etc.; even Alan MacNaughtan, whose character is written as world-weary and cynical, comes across as lively and cheerful. Into the midst of this exuberant crowd enters a disillusioned war veteran--Duttine, an intense, introspective, melancholic performer--and the effect is as if he were brought out of himself by being caught up in a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta (and indeed, at one point the school stages "The Mikado"). Though the story is filled with anxiety and sorrow, the whole thing seems somehow like a party, and as such a sort of litmus test for one's capacity to enjoy life. Those who have it will have a grand time; those who don't won't understand why, and will probably leave early. For my part, I loved it, and feel grateful to have been invited.
- galensaysyes
- Mar 22, 2005
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- Una vida a su servicio
- Filming locations
- Milton Abbey School, Blandford, Dorset, England, UK(Bamfylde School)
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