The Brothers (1972 TV series)

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The Brothers
The Brothers (1976), left to right: Derek Benfield, Margaret Ashcroft, Jennifer Wilson, Robin Chadwick, Jean Anderson, Colin Baker
Genre	Drama
Created by	Gerard Glaister & N. J. Crisp
Written by	N. J. Crisp Eric Paice John Pennington Simon Raven Douglas Watkinson Brian Finch Ray Jenkins Elaine Morgan
Directed by	Philip Dudley Lennie Mayne Ronald Wilson Timothy Combe Mary Ridge Quentin Lawrence Eric Price Roderick Graham Vere Lorrimer Christopher Baker
Starring	Jean Anderson Glyn Owen Richard Easton Robin Chadwick Patrick O'Connell Jennifer Wilson Derek Benfield Gabrielle Drake Colin Baker
Theme music composer	Dudley Simpson
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	7
No. of episodes	92
Production
Producer	Gerard Glaister
Production locations	Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom
Running time	50 minutes
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	10 March 1972 (1972-03-10) – 19 December 1976 (1976-12-19)
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The Brothers is a British television series, produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976.^[1]

Debuting with the death of road haulage magnate Robert Hammond, the series followed the trials and tribulations of the company and family/families he left behind, with equal shares in Hammond Transport Services left to each of his three sons and to his secretary (who was revealed to have been Hammond's mistress and the mother of his illegitimate daughter).