Strangers and Brothers is a 1984 British television series produced by the BBC. Adapted from the novel series of the same name by C. P. Snow, it ran for a single series of thirteen episodes. Plot summary The series focuses on the character Lewis Eliot and follows his life and career from humble beginnings to being a successful London lawyer, Cambridge don, wartime official in Whitehall, and civil servant, and finally to retirement. Eliot's private life is also explored, relating his unstable marriage to Sheila, his difficult affair with his second wife Margaret, and his relationships with his brother Martin and with the mercurial Roy Calvert. The behind the scenes machinations in the election of a new Master at Eliot's college are explored. The series also deals with the British scientific community's involvement in the development of nuclear weapons during the Second World War. The attempts by the ambitious politician Roger Quaife to halt Britain's nuclear programme results in scandal, and the loss of political influence by both Quaife and Eliot. Cast Shaughan Seymour as Lewis Eliot (13 episodes) Paul Hastings as Francis Getliffe (10 episodes) Edward Hardwicke as Sir Hector Rose (7 episodes) Sheila Ruskin as Sheila Eliot (6 episodes) Cherie Lunghi as Margaret Eliot (5 episodes) James Simmons as Walter Luke (5 episodes) Nigel Havers as Roy Calvert (4 episodes) Peter Sallis as Leonard March (3 episodes) Stephen Riddle as Martin Eliot (3 episodes) Martin Jacobs as Charles March (3 episodes) Elizabeth Spriggs as Lady Muriel Royce (3 episodes) Carmen Du Sautoy as Ann Simon (3 episodes) Kathryn Pogson as Joan Royce (3 episodes) Neil Stacy as Herbert Getliffe (3 episodes) James Cossins as Mr. Knight (3 episodes) Emma Jacobs as Katherine March (3 episodes) Gawn Grainger as Dr. Pearson (3 episodes) John Grillo as Arthur Brown 3 episodes) Anthony Hopkins as Roger Quaife (2 episodes) Susan Fleetwood as Lady Caroline Quaife (2 episodes) Christopher Casson as Austin Davidson (2 episodes) Tessa Peake-Jones as Irene Eliot (2 episodes) Frederick Treves as Vernon Royce (2 episodes) John Carson as Jago (2 episodes) Simon Oates as Major Darling (2 episodes) Tom Wilkinson as George Passant (2 episodes) Tony Britton as Lord Boscastle (2 episodes) Joan Greenwood as Lady Boscastle (2 episodes) John Normington as Monty Cave (2 episodes) Gareth Thomas as Arthur Mounteney (2 episodes) John Phillips as Reggie Collingwood (2 episodes) Alan MacNaughtan as Winslow (2 episodes) Michael Cochrane