Growing out of a Drama Playhouse production The Regiment took us back to the end of the 19th century where the Cotswold Regiment are initially involved in the Boer War before finding themselves in India during the days of the Raj.
The main focus of the series was on two different families, The Gaunts and The Brights, both heavily involved with The Regiment. Heading up the cast was the excellent Christopher Cazenove as Lt (later Captain) Richard Gaunt who didn’t exactly relish life in the armed forces contemplating intead a life as a writer. Denis Lill played Captain, later Major, Fred Slingsby.
The Drama Playhouse episode was broadcast Monday 23 November 1970. That episode was called The Father of the Regiment.
production details
UK / BBC One / 23×50 minute episodes / Broadcast 28 February 1972 – 4 May 1973
Creators: Robin Chapman, Jack Gerson, Nick McCarty / Producers: Anthony Coburn, Terence Dudley
cast
Christopher Cazenove as Lieutenant, later Captain, Richard Gaunt
Denis Lill as Captain, later Major, Fred Slingsby
Shirley Dixon as Maud La Vereker
Frederick Treves as Colonel Cranleigh-Osborne
James Bate as Corporal Bright
Virginia Balfour as Mrs Cranleigh-Osborne
Michael Brennan as RSM Bright
Bernard Brown as Captain, later Major, Rupert Saunders
Wendy Allnutt as Charlotte Gaunt
THE EPISODES
DRAMA PLAYHOUSE 23 November 1970
FATHER OF THE REGIMENT
SEASON ONE 28 February – 22 May 1972
1. THE FORTUNES OF PEACE
2. DAYS OF BETRAYAL
3. A PERFECT DAY
4. THE RECRUIT
5. GENTLEMEN IN KHAKI ORDERED SOUTH
6. A GENTLEMAN’S WAR
7. A LION AT SUNSET
8. WINE AND RETRIBUTION
9. A GENTLEMAN FROM EUROPE
10. DRAGON’S TEETH
11. CHRISTMAS AT THE CAPE
SEASON TWO 23 March – 4 May 1973
1. AMBUSH
2. DEPOT
3. COURTSHIP
4. TROOPSHIP
5. SETTLING IN
6. CHOLERA
7. RIOT
8. FAMINE
9. WOMEN
10. HEAT
11. NORTH WEST FRONTIER
