To Serve Them All My Days(1980)

series - first aired/released 1980-10-17 - audience 7.8

Drama

Directed by Peter Jefferies, Ronald Wilson, Terence Dudley

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.