A Family at War Into the Dark (Season 2, Episode 14)
TV Episode | Drama, History, War

A Family at War

Into the Dark (Season 2, Episode 14)

TV Episode | Drama, History, War

July 1942. Recuperation is hard: in Liverpool John's insomnia affects the whole family. Meanwhile in a desert field hospital Philip copes with the possibility of blindness following a shrapnel injury.

Director

Baz Taylor

Writers

Jack Ronder (by) | John Finch (by) (series devised by)

Producer

Michael Cox

Editor

Brian Tagg

Production Designer

Knowles Bentley

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Updated Feb 10, 1971

Release date

Feb 10, 1971 (United Kingdom)

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Colin Douglas Edwin Ashton Edwin Ashton See fewer	The Children of the New Forest (1964)
Shelagh Fraser Jean Ashton Jean Ashton See fewer	Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Coral Atkins Sheila Ashton Sheila Ashton See fewer	A Family at War (1970)
Lesley Nunnerley Margaret Porter Margaret Porter See fewer	A Family at War (1970)
Ian Thompson John Porter John Porter See fewer	The Big Spender (1965)
Keith Drinkel Philip Ashton Philip Ashton See fewer	Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)
Barbara Flynn Freda Ashton Freda Ashton See fewer	Miss Potter (2006)
John McKelvey Sefton Briggs Sefton Briggs See fewer	A Family at War (1970)
Mark Jones Michael Armstrong Michael Armstrong See fewer	Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Ian Stirling Corporal Grant Corporal Grant See fewer	Nightmare (1972)
Tom Conti Lance Corporal Reynolds Lance Corporal Reynolds See fewer	Oppenheimer (I) (2023)
David Simeon Jumbo Jumbo See fewer	A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
Margot Lawson Sister Sister See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Roger Heathcott Hospital Doctor Hospital Doctor See fewer	Island of Terror (1966)
Paul Luty Cook Cook See fewer	Love Thy Neighbour (1972)
Diana Davies Doris Doris See fewer	Juliet Bravo (1980)
Derek Hockridge Family Doctor Family Doctor See fewer	Crown Court (1972)