My Brother Jonathan (TV series)

My Brother Jonathan
Genre	Drama
Based on	My Brother Jonathan by Francis Brett Young
Written by	James Andrew Hall
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
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	12 August (1985-08-12) – 9 September 1985 (1985-09-09)

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)
• Sally Watkins as Lily Rudge (3 episodes)
• T. P. McKenna as Lloyd Moore (2 episodes)
• Michael Loughnan 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)
• John Channel-Milis as Police sergeant (1 episode)
• Barbara Darnley as Honor Martyn (1 episode)
• Kate Dunn as Ellen Greenly (1 episode)
• Julian Gartside as Alec Martyn (1 episode)
• Michael Godley 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)
• Jeni Ktori as Sister (1 episode)
• Muriel Lawford as Old woman (1 episode)
• George Little as George Higgins (1 episode)
• Robin MacIntyre as Lily's father (1 episode)
• Celia Montague as Sheila Martyn (1 episode)
• Judy Norman as Mrs. Lumley (1 episode)
• Ann Payot as Miss. Jessel (1 episode)
• Margaret Pilleau as Nursing sister (1 episode)
• Reg Rogers as Station official (1 episode)
• Anthony Roye as Mr. Wilburn (1 episode)
• Catherine Schell as Mrs. Martyn (1 episode)
• Ken Sharrock as Joe Matthews (1 episode)
• Bill Stewart as Mr. Grise (1 episode)
• Kevin Stoney as Registrar (1 episode)
• John Taylor as Guard (1 episode)
• Bill Ward as Sgt. Brook (1 episode)

References

1. Baskin p.288

Bibliography

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

External links

• My Brother Jonathan at IMDb