Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. To Serve Them All My Days is the 1980 BBC television adaptation of the 1972 novel To Serve Them All My Days by R. F. Delderfield. It was made up of 13 50 minute episodes.As in the novel, the protagonist is David Powlett-Jones (John Duttine), a coal miner''s son from South Wales, who has risen from the ranks and been commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in World War I. In 1918, after being injured and shell-shocked, he is hired to teach History at Bamfylde School, a fictional public school in North Devon, in the southwest of England, where he wins the respect and acclaim of colleagues and students. He serves under headmaster Algy Herries (Frank Middlemass), forms a friendship with Ian Howarth (Alan MacNaughton), engages in a rivalry with Carter (Neil Stacy), and marries Beth (Belinda Lang).