467 To Serve Them All My Days

First  viewed  : October  1980

This  was  the  second  adaptation  of  an  R F  Delderfield  novel  after  the  success  of  A  Horseman  Riding  By .  It  starred  John  Duttine , hot  property  after  The  Mallens , as  an  invalided  soldier  who  becomes  a  teacher  at  a  public  school  after  the  First  World  War.  Like  the  previous  series  it  was  a  favourite  of  my  mum  and  sister  but  I  only  dipped  in  occasionally  so  I'm  not  equipped  to  say  much  more  about  it.

One  thing  I  will  note  , which  explains  the  choice  of  still,  is  that  it's  the  only*  TV  drama  to feature  both  of  the  most  prominent  child  actors  of  the  seventies,  Nicholas  Lyndhurst  and  Simon  Gipps-Kent , together. Both  of  them  were  pushing  it  to  be  playing  schoolboys  at  19  and  21  respectively.

* Both  appeared  in  The  Tomorrow  People  but  at  different  times.