7.6 /10 1 Votes
7.1/10 TV Country of origin United Kingdom First episode date 14 April 1970 Number of episodes 52 Created by Jon Finch | 8.2/10 IMDb Original language(s) English Final episode date 16 February 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Colin DouglasBarbara FlynnLeslie NunnerleyCoral Atkins Cast Similar Z‑Cars, Paris 7000, The Adventures of Parsley, Enemy at the Door, Bergerac | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A family at war opening and closing titles
A Family At War is a British drama series that aired on ITV from 1970 to 1972. It was created by John Finch and made by Granada Television for ITV. The director was David Giles.
Contents
The series examined the lives of the lower middle-class Ashton family of the city of Liverpool and their experiences from 1938 and through the Second World War. Despite being set in Liverpool, only one of the regular characters (David Ashton) spoke with a Liverpudlian accent.
Fifty-two episodes were produced, all but eight of them in colour. Episodes numbers 25 to 32 were recorded in black and white because of the ITV Colour Strike.
The memorable theme tune is from the First Movement (Allegro) of Vaughan Williams's Sixth Symphony.
Cast
DVD release
All episodes of A Family at War are available on DVD in the UK, distributed by Acorn Media UK, but with several of the released episodes edited down from their original running times. For example, in episode three Margery Mason and Patrick Troughton are credited but do not appear.
