My Brother Jonathan (TV series)

My Brother Jonathan
GenreDrama
Based onMy Brother Jonathan
by Francis Brett Young
Written byJames Andrew Hall
Directed byAnthony Garner
StarringDaniel Day-Lewis
ComposerStanley Myers
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes5
Production
Running time50 minutes
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC Two
Release12 August (1985-08-12) –
9 September 1985 (1985-09-09)
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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.

  1. ^ Baskin p.288