My Son, My Son (TV series)
My Son, My Son | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | My Son, My Son by Howard Spring |
Written by | |
Directed by | Peter Cregeen |
Starring | Michael Williams Frank Grimes |
Composer | Rick Wakeman |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Production | |
Running time | 55 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 18 March 6 May 1979 | –
My Son, My Son is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 1 between 18 March and 6 May 1979.[1] It is an adaptation of the 1938 novel of the same title by Howard Spring.
Selected cast[]
- Michael Williams as William Essex
- Frank Grimes as Dermot O'Riorden
- as Sheila O'Riorden
- Patsy Rowlands as Annie Suthurst
- Patrick Ryecart as Oliver Essex
- Ciaran Madden as Livia Vaynol
- Prue Clarke as Maeve O'Riorden
- Gerard Murphy as Rory O'Riorden
- Maurice Denham as Captain Judas
- as Maggie Donnelly
- Grégoire Aslan as Josef Wertheim
- Julian Fellowes as Pogson
- as Sawle
- as Martin
- Alan MacNaughtan as Sir Charles Blatch
- as Kevin Donnelly
- Sherrie Hewson as Nellie Essex
- Joy Nichols as Josie Wertheim
- Elizabeth Seal as Mary Latter
- Derek Fowlds as Newbiggen
- Cyril Luckham as Reverend Oliver
- Ivor Salter as Summerways
- Willoughby Goddard as Mr. Moscrop
- Joyce Carey as Mrs. Bendall
References[]
- ^ Baskin p.160
Bibliography[]
- Ellen Baskin. Serials on British Television, 1950-1994. Scolar Press, 1996.
External links[]
Categories:
- BBC television dramas
- 1979 British television series debuts
- 1979 British television series endings
- 1970s British drama television series
- 1970s British television miniseries
- English-language television shows
- Television shows based on British novels