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After barely surviving the trenches of World War I, an
embittered young soldier takes a teaching post at Bamfylde, an elite boarding
school in the uplands of West Devon. It is an unlikely job for a Welsh miner’s
son without a degree, but David Powlett-Jones (John Duttine) proves to be a rare
schoolmaster, as passionate about learning as he is about teaching. Through two
tumultuous decades, Powlett-Jones inspires his students with his courage and
idealism, qualities that help prepare him to send another generation of young
men off to fight yet another war. A beloved PBS Masterpiece Theatre classic
adapted by Andrew Davies (Pride and Prejudice, Bridget Jones’s Diary) from the
novel by R. F. Delderfield. |
