The Brothers (1972 TV series)
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The Brothers is a British television series, produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976.[1]
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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 |
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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) ā 19 December 1976 (1976-12-19) |
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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).