The Brothers (1972 TV series)

The Brothers
The Brothers (1976), left to right: Derek Benfield, Margaret Ashcroft, Jennifer Wilson, Robin Chadwick, Jean Anderson, Colin Baker
GenreDrama
Created byGerard 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
Theme music composerDudley Simpson
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes92
Production
ProducerGerard Glaister
Production locationsGreenwich, London, England, United Kingdom
Running time50 minutes
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release10 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).

  1. ^ "Glaister, Gerard (1915–2005) Biography". BFI Screenonline.