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Strangers and Brothers

Drama · 1984

Last aired: S1 E13, 1964 · 1984-04-04

Set amidst the politically turbulent times surrounding World War II, Strangers and Brothers is a BBC drama that chronicles the impassioned life of young Englishman, Lewis Eliot. In a world where truth and justice test the moral fibre of even the most solid of men, Eliot is the ambitious lawyer fighting the temptations that could ruin his career, friendships and marriage. His decisions lead his career on a tempestuous journey of success, tragedy, and rekindled love. Throughout it all, Eliot realizes his true 'brothers' masquerade as 'strangers'.

Cast

Shaughan Seymour Lewis Eliot

Cherie Lunghi Margaret Eliot

Nigel Havers Roy Calvert

Peter Sallis Leonard March

Anthony Hopkins Roger Quaife

PH Paul Hastings Francis Getliffe

Tom Wilkinson George Passant

Season 1

E1 1927 1984-01-11 · 50 min The promise of a dazzling career at the Bar beckons Lewis Eliot to London; but his infatuation with the capricious Sheila Knight unsettles his plans for the future.

E2 1931 1984-01-18 · 50 min His health restored, Lewis Eliot returns to London to resume his career at the Bar. He re-contacts Sheila Knight , but is shocked to learn she is in love with another man.

E3 1935 1984-01-25 · 50 min Lewis Eliot leaves the bar and takes up a part-time post at Francis Getliffe 's Cambridge college. When his friend Roy Calvert is considered for a Fellowship, Eliot gains his first insight into the world of college politics.

E4 London 1936 1984-02-01 · 50 min A political scandal threatens the March family. Lewis Eliot 's marriage, meanwhile, comes under pressure from a different quarter.

E5 1937 1984-02-08 · 50 min The Master of Lewis Eliot 's Cambridge college lies dying. Behind the facade of civilised learning, 13 colleagues battle to choose his successor.

E6 Spring 1939 1984-02-15 · 50 min As war looms, Lewis Eliot is drafted into Whitehall. Simultaneously he faces crises in the personal lives of his wife Sheila and his intimate friend Roy Calvert.

E7 London 1941 1984-02-22 · 50 min A wartime civil servant, Lewis Eliot is introduced to the vivacious Margaret Davidson. As their relationship develops he discovers that he is still haunted by the memory of his first wife.

E8 1944 1984-02-29 · 50 min Lewis Eliot is caught up in the race to produce the British atomic bomb. For the scientists at Barford, success is in sight - but it will not be achieved without risk.

E9 1945 1984-03-07 · 50 min The moral implications of the Hiroshima bomb disturb the scientific community throughout the world. Lewis Eliot 's ambitious brother, Martin, seizes upon the divisions at Barford to further his own career.

E10 1946 1984-03-14 · 50 min Lewis Eliot is reintroduced to Margaret Davidson , who is now married. He discovers that his feelings for her have not diminished in the years since their affair.

E11 1955 1984-03-21 · 50 min At the outset of the Cold War, Lewis Eliot allies himself to the cause of nuclear disarmament and to the ambitions of a young and idealistic Tory minister, Roger Quaife.

E12 1957 1984-03-28 · 50 min Roger Quaife 's political ambitions are jeopardised by a private scandal -and Lewis Eliot finds his own career is also placed at risk.

E13 1964 1984-04-04 · 50 min Lewis Eliot has renounced his career in Whitehall and become a successful writer. The offer of a post in the new Labour government tempts him back to political life.

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