Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.9 / 5.0

The Best of British Drama:

Simply put, TSTAMD is 11 hours of riveting drama, being without a doubt one of the best mini-series ever produced by the BBC. I first saw it on TV in 1980/81, and have been waiting ever since for it to be released either on tape or DVD. And now it's here, and well worth the wait. The acting is superb. The story is always interesting. Such is the exceptional level of production that you actually feel like you are really there; the characters and story being so well portrayed.

The DVD picture quality is... more info

Heartwarming And Inspiring:

To Serve Them All My Days is a BBC production originally shown on Masterpiece Theater in the early 1980s. I saw it then and admired the wonderful acting, the lovely settings, and the excellent story. I am so glad it is finally available on DVD.

The story revolves around young David Powlett-Jones, a shell shocked and wounded veteran of World War I who is hired to teach history at Bamfylde School in the last days of the war. David is from a Welsh coal mining family, and he has strong socialist convictions... more info

Inspiring and thought-provoking:

After reading To Serve Them All My Days perhaps 20 years after its publication, I was convinced that I wanted to work with helping students as a volunteer, even if an opening as a teacher was not available--the book is that inspiring. It is rivetting reading.

The DVD is beautifully produced, accurately preserving the main lines of the plot. The film-characters fit the book-characters down to the ground--especially the headmaster (who, two decades later, portrays Lionell Hardcastle's father in As Time Goes... more info

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