Drummonds (TV series)

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Drummonds
Starring Richard Pasco
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series2
No. of episodes15
Production
Running time60mins
Production company LWT
Original release
Network ITV
Release30 August 1985 (1985-08-30) 
5 June 1987 (1987-06-05)

Drummonds was a 1985 British television series set in a boarding school for boys during the mid-1950s. It was produced for the ITV by LWT and ran for two seasons between 30 August 1985 and 5 June 1987. It starred Richard Pasco as the school's headmaster, George Drummond and Ciaran Madden as his wife Mary..

The series was filmed at Amesbury School in Surrey, England.[ citation needed ]

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