The Citadel is a 1983 BBC television adaptation written by Don Shaw from A. J. Cronin's 1937 novel The Citadel. It was produced by Ken Riddington. The drama was directed by Peter Jefferies and Mike Vardy. The BBC dramatisation stars Ben Cross as Dr. Andrew Manson and Clare Higgins as Christine Manson. It was broadcast in the United States from November 1983 until January 1984 by PBS television as part of Masterpiece Theatre. Cast Ben Cross as Dr. Andrew Manson David Gwillim as David Hope Clare Higgins as Christine Barlow Tenniel Evans as Dr. Page Gareth Thomas as Dr. Philip Denny Michael Cochrane as Freddie Hamson Cynthia Grenville as Blodwen Page Colin Baker as Richard Vaughan Jane How as Mrs. Vaughan Tim Wylton as Ben Chenkin Don Fellows as Richard Stillman Beryl Nesbitt as Annie Hughes John Nettleton as Charles Ivory Raymond Bowers as Dr. Llewellyn Dilys Price as Mrs. Llewellyn David Pugh as Joe Morgan Dyfed Thomas as Dai Jenkins Jack Walters as Old Thomas Richard Davies as Dr. Watkins Janet Davies as Mrs. Watkins Carmen du Sautoy as Frances Lawrence Avril Elgar as Nurse Sharp Oliver Ford Davies as Reverend Parry Michael Gough as Sir Jenner Halliday Charles Kay as Mr. Hopper Buster Merryfield as Professor Challis John Welsh as Sir Robert Abbey Episode summaries Episode 1: Dr. Andrew Manson, a 24 year old Scottish doctor newly qualified from St. Andrew's Medical School, travels to his first professional appointment – medical assistant to General Practitioner Dr. Page in Drineffy, a fictitious Welsh mining community. Dr. Page's sister Blodwen is managing her brother's practice as, to Andrew's horror, Dr. Page is incapacitated following a stroke. Andrew quickly becomes disillusioned with a chaotic medical system that lacks any national structure and is driven by the financial motives of senior doctors. His first encounters with Christine Barlow, a schoolmistress, and with Dr. Philip Denny, a semi-alcoholic medical assistant at a neighbouring practice, are both unfavourable. The conclusion of the episode sees Andrew and Philip forced to take matters into their own hands by blowing up a contaminated water source responsible for a local typhoid outbreak. Episode 2: The Morgans, married almost twenty years, are expecting their first child and they ask Andrew to oversee the latter stages of the pregnancy. Andrew requests his overdue pay from Blodwen, who meets his request as an accusation. Christine invites Andrew to supper, and she