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The Cult of...

Sunday Night

Episode 2: The Brothers

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

Archaeology series unearthing the history and anecdotes behind cult British Sunday night drama series looks at 1970s boardroom-to-bedroom saga The Brothers, set around a family-owned road haulage firm. It reveals how the writers mirrored the country's class divisions within the Hammond family, why a viewer punched actor Colin Baker in the mouth, what happened after Liza Goddard and Colin Baker met at the altar, and how being in a bad mood at the audition got Kate O'Mara the part of Jane Maxwell. Show less

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