Strangers and Brothers
Strangers and Brothers
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Strangers and Brothers

6.7 / 10
1984
1 season
13 episodes
Drama

As World War II looms in Europe, an ambitious young English lawyer embarks on his tempestuous career, and even stormier romantic life. Based on the novel series of the same name by C.P. Snow.

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Strangers & Brothers - The Complete Series

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  • Ep 1

    1.Episode 1

    11-01-198455m

    After successfully completing his law exams, Lewis Eliot becomes a pupil in the chambers of Herbert Getliffe to become a barrister. He pays for the privilege but takes his work ser...

  • Ep 2

    2.Episode 2

    18-01-198455m

    Back in London after a false medical scare, Lewis Eliot is ready to celebrate. He drops in on Sheila who informs him that she has fallen in love with Hugh Smith. He seems a likable...

  • Ep 3

    3.Episode 3

    25-01-198455m

    It's 1935 and Lewis Eliot has been at Cambridge for a number of years. He has persevered with his difficult marriage to Sheila who lives in London where Lewis also works occasional...

  • Ep 4

    4.Episode 4

    01-02-198455m

    For Lewis Eliot, life with Sheila is difficult and rumors have it that she has left him because she prefers women. She decides to try her hand at writing at the encouragement of pu...

  • Ep 5

    5.Episode 5

    08-02-198455m

    At Cambridge in 1937 the Master, Vernon Joyce is seriously ill but no one has told him as such. The faculty begin debating who his replacement should be. Jago has some support and...

  • Ep 6

    6.Episode 6

    15-02-198455m

    In the Spring of 1939, Lewis Eliot is working in Whitehall as headhunter recruiting academics into government. War is in the air and government is preparing for the worse. While vi...

  • Ep 7

    7.Episode 7

    22-02-198455m

    It's now the winter of 1941 and Lewis Eliot is among a group that establishes Mr. Toad, the British Atomic Energy Establishment. Lewis' role is primarily to recruit the atomic scie...

  • Ep 8

    8.Episode 8

    29-02-198455m

    It's spring 1944 and the atomic project continues but the team has been unable to generate a controlled chain reaction. They struggled through and finally achieve success but it wi...

  • Ep 9

    9.Episode 9

    07-03-198455m
  • Ep 10

    10.Episode 10

    14-03-198455m
  • Ep 11

    11.Episode 11

    21-03-198455m
  • Ep 12

    12.Episode 12

    28-03-198455m
  • Ep 13

    13.Episode 13

    04-04-198455m

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