The Regiment (TV series)
| The Regiment | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Jack Gerson Nick McCarty William Slater |
| Starring | Christopher Cazenove |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 23 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Royston Morley Terence Dudley |
| Production company(s) | BBC |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Original release | 21 February 1972 – 4 May 1973 |
The Regiment was a British television drama series produced by the BBC.[1] First broadcast on BBC One in 1972 it starred Christopher Cazenove and followed the story of a British Army regiment from the view of two families.[1]
The Regiment was based on a single 1970 play that was part of the BBC Drama Playhouse series.[1] The series followed the Cotswold Regiment from 1895 to 1904 and in particular the Gaunt and Bright families.[1] The first series broadcast in 1972 related to the regiment's time with the Boer War, the second 1973 series followed the regiment in the British Raj in India.[1]
It once received a brief review in the Glasgow Weekly News "The Regiment: ought to be disbanded".
Cast List
| Actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Christopher Cazenove | Lt/Capt Richard Gaunt |
| Maria Aitken | Dorothy Saunders |
| Wendy Allnutt | Charlotte Gaunt |
| Virginia Balfour | Mrs Cranleigh-Osborne |
| James Bate | Cpl Ernest Bright |
| Michael Brennan | RSM William Bright |
| Bernard Brown | Capt/Major Robert Saunders |
| Shirley Dixon | Maud Slingsby |
| Michael Elwyn | Lt Henry Percival |
| John Hallam | Lt James Willoughby |
| John Hallet | Private Hodge |
| Roy Herrick | Lt/Capt Jeffrey Sissons |
| Penelope Lee | Dr. Mary Mitcheson/Gaunt |
| Denis Lill | Captain/Major Alfred Slingsby |
| Frederick Treves | Col Cranleigh-Osborne |
| Wendy Williams | Alice Gaunt |
| Richard Wordsworth | Lt Col Gaunt-Seymour |
References
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External links
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