

A series of four feature-length episodes following the lives of a working-class family from the turmoils of the First World War in 1916 to the General Strike in 1926.

Ben Matthews
Martha Matthews
Tom Matthews

Police Sergeant

Vicar
George Lansbury
Magistrate
Old Soldier

Army Captain
Woman at the N.C.F. office
Vicar at the N.C.F. office
May Barnett
Jenny Barnett
Bassett
Coal Merchant

John Pritchard

Mrs. Pritchard
Police Sergeant
Police Sergeant
Pit Manager

Army Officer
Army Sergeant
Lorry Driver
Prison Chaplain
Prison Warder

Mr. Harrington
Shop Steward
Shop Steward

Reporter
Herbert

Josiah Wedgwood

Suslov

J.H. Thomas
Arthur Pugh
Alfred Purcell
Sarah Hargreaves
Philip Hargreaves
Soldier on Leave

1972 • TV Show

2010 • TV Show

2006 • TV Show

1974 • TV Show

2014 • TV Show

2002 • TV Show

2002 • TV Show

1983 • TV Show

2019 • TV Show

1990 • TV Show