He praised the performances of the cast and that of Duttine in particular. Delderfield", with "a steady flow of insightful and touching moments". O'Connor described the production as "a richly textured tapestry crammed with the social details that were the speciality of Mr. Besides the exterior filming, indoor scenes were filmed on a soundstage.
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The series was filmed over 11 months in 1980, with Devon and Dorset locations including Milton Abbey School in Dorset. Powlett-Jones is eventually appointed headmaster. He engages in a long bitter rivalry with the jingoistic science master Carter ( Neil Stacy) but the two of them later become friends. He serves under headmaster Algy Herries ( Frank Middlemass), forms a friendship with Ian Howarth ( Alan MacNaughton) and marries Beth ( Belinda Lang). In 1918, after being injured and shell-shocked, he is hired to teach modern history at Bamfylde School, a fictional public school in North Devon, in the southwest of England, where he wins the respect and acclaim of colleagues and pupils. As in the novel, the protagonist is David Powlett-Jones ( John Duttine), a coal miner's son from South Wales, who has risen from the ranks and been commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the First World War.
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