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UK
/ BBC / 20x60 minute episodes / 1980 and 1982
Writer: John
Finch / Producer: Bill Sellars / Director: Terence Dudley
Drama series. Writer John Finch, the man behind A Family At War and Sam, clearly had a grasp on the dynamics of the family, from the start of his career working on shows such as
Coronation Street, The Power Game and The System through the seventies and his most fertile period all of his series touch on the family and the way relationships can fracture, change or grow. Prior to Flesh and Blood from 1980 all of his work had been for the ITV Network but Flesh was broadcast by the BBC, it treads similar ground to previous Finch series, Bill Fraser, in one of his rare straight roles, plays Yorkshireman Henry Brassington who rules over his large family, and the family business, however the real power behind the throne is his mother Mabel (played by Thora Hird who surely couldn't have been much older than Bill Fraser here). At the start of the series Henry is considering retiring and leaving his sons Max and Ross to take over however when his wife dies Henry has some hard thinking to do.
With:- Thora Hird as Mabel Brassington / Bill Fraser as Henry Brassington / Anne Firbank as Sarah Brassington / Nigel Stock as Jim Turner / David Allister as Ian McKellar / Michael Jayston as Ross Brassington / John Stone as Max Brassington / Coral Atkins
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