My Brother Jonathan | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | My Brother Jonathan by Francis Brett Young |
Written by | James Andrew Hall |
Directed by | Anthony Garner |
Starring | Daniel Day-Lewis |
Composer | Stanley Myers |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 5 |
Production | |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 12 August 9 September 1985 | –
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My Brother Jonathan is a British television drama series which first aired on BBC 2 in five episodes between 12 August and 9 September 1985.[1] It is based on the 1928 novel of the same name by Francis Brett Young, which had previously been made into a 1948 film My Brother Jonathan. Jonathan Dakers is an idealistic young doctor in a coal mining area of Northern England around the time of the First World War.