Tom Brown's Schooldays (1971– )

Stars:

Iain Cuthbertson, Simon Fisher-Turner, Richard Morant

Won 2 Primetime Emmys.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Iain Cuthbertson	...	Dr. Thomas Arnold (5 episodes, 1971)
Simon Fisher-Turner	...	Ned East (5 episodes, 1971)
Richard Morant	...	Flashman (5 episodes, 1971)
Anthony Murphy	...	Tom Brown (5 episodes, 1971)
Richard Gibson	...	Sunning (4 episodes, 1971)
David Hampshire	...	Diggs (4 episodes, 1971)
Christopher Moran	...	Coates (4 episodes, 1971)
Mark Rogers	...	Cuthbertson (4 episodes, 1971)
Barry Stokes	...	Brooke (4 episodes, 1971)
Sean Bury	...	Denning (3 episodes, 1971)
Simon Conrad	...	Willoughby (3 episodes, 1971)
Geoffrey Edwards	...	Reverend Bird (3 episodes, 1971)
Gerald Flood	...	Sir Richard Flashman (3 episodes, 1971)
Christopher Guard	...	Darcy (3 episodes, 1971)
Davyd Harries	...	Reverend Anstey (3 episodes, 1971)
Valerie Holliman	...	Rosy Redman (3 episodes, 1971)
Mark Jefferis	...	Harker (3 episodes, 1971)
Robin Langford	...	Martin (3 episodes, 1971)
Dan Meaden	...	Cully Redman (3 episodes, 1971)
Edward Palmer	...	Thomas (3 episodes, 1971)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

bully comeuppance | boys' school | schoolyard fight | corporal punishment | midlands | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 January 1973 (USA)

Also Known As:

Aventuras de Tom Brown

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

225 min 225 min (5 Episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The show is based on a novel written by Thomas Hughes.

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Connections

Version of Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005)

User Reviews

well-done bbc mini-series; superior to 1940 film.

This version, which showed in the US as a "Masterpiece Theatre" program, is a good deal more true to the original novel than the 1940 Hollywood attempt with Jimmy Lydon. It is also much less full of treacle. Young Anthony Murphy is an open-faced, earnest Tom, and Richard Morant is very convincing as blackguard-in- training Flashman. While it's not up to the cinematic standard of the Gordon Parry film released in 1950 (with John Howard Davies as Tom), this version is well worth a viewing if you're any kind of fan of Hughes' book.