My Brother Jonathan (TV series)

*My Brother Jonathan*
My Brother Jonathan
Genre	Drama
Based on	My Brother Jonathan; by Francis Brett Young
Written by
Directed by	Anthony Garner
Starring	Daniel Day-Lewis
Composer	Stanley Myers
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	5
Production
Running time	50 minutes
Production company	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Original release	12 August –; 9 September 1985

My Brother Jonathan is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2 in five episodes between 12 August and 9 September 1985.^[1] It is based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Francis Brett Young, which had previously been made into a 1948 film My Brother Jonathan. Jonathan Dakers is an idealistic young doctor in a coal-mining area of Northern England around the time of the First World War.

Cast[]

Daniel Day-Lewis as Jonathan Dakers (5 episodes)
Benedict Taylor as Harold Dakers (5 episodes)
Helen Ryan as Lavinia Dakers (5 episodes)
Caroline Bliss as Edie Martyn (5 episodes)
Barbara Kellerman as Rachel Hammond (4 episodes)
Michael Troughton as Arthur Martock (4 episodes)
John Stone as Dr. Craig (4 episodes)
Tony Doyle as John Morse (4 episodes)
Frederick Treves as Dr. Hammond (3 episodes)
as Lily Rudge (3 episodes)
T.P. McKenna as Lloyd Moore (2 episodes)
as Dr. Monaghan (2 episodes)
James Cossins as Reverend Perry (2 episodes)
Raymond Witch as Joseph (2 episodes)
Mark Kingston as Eugene Dakers (1 episode)
as Police sergeant (1 episode)
as Honor Martyn (1 episode)
as Ellen Greenly (1 episode)
as Alec Martyn (1 episode)
as Major (1 episode)
James Greene as Mr. Wheeler (1 episode)
Patrick Jordan as Mr. Martyn (1 episode)
Ken Kitson as Kisha Hodgkiss (1 episode)
as Sister (1 episode)
as Old woman (1 episode)
as George Higgins (1 episode)
as Lily's father (1 episode)
as Sheila Martyn (1 episode)
as Mrs. Lumley (1 episode)
as Miss. Jessel (1 episode)
as Nursing sister (1 episode)
Reg Rogers as Station official (1 episode)
as Mr. Wilburn (1 episode)
Catherine Schell as Mrs. Martyn (1 episode)
as Joe Matthews (1 episode)
Bill Stewart as Mr. Grise (1 episode)
Kevin Stoney as Registrar (1 episode)
as Guard (1 episode)
Bill Ward as Sgt. Brook (1 episode)

References[]

^ Baskin p.288

Bibliography[]

Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.

External links[]

My Brother Jonathan at IMDb

[1] Baskin p.288

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