When 18-year-old David Parker (Christopher Blake) with his grammar school background joins the Army as a regular soldier his hopes are high and he has a commission in mind.
The trouble is that this is 1950, the rest of his intake are National Servicemen, and officer selection is often a matter of having been to the right school and coming from the right background.
The three-part series from Yorkshire Television debuted on Sunday 13 January 1974 and followed Parker’s military fortunes.
David Parker
Christopher Blake Ramsey
David Dixon Sergeant Walton
Jon Glover Michael Marlowe
Martin Jacobs Sgt Major Nobby Hale
John F. Landry Hammond
Graham Seed Major
Michael Cadman Rifles Major
Brian Cobby Sergeant Potter
Robert Coleby Peter Putnum
Jonathan David Trooper Smiff
Phil Davis Lieutenant-Colonel
Raymond Francis Lady Otley
Sally Home Regimental policeman
David Janes Snell
Michael Stirrup Ashford
Keith Varnier Corporal Skinner
Paul Vaughan-Teague Trooper Amor
Peter Livens
