Masterpiece Episode: "Goodbye Mr. Chips"

Season 33, Episode 2
Episode Synopsis: Martin Clunes, a veteran of the British version of “Men Behaving Badly,” is much better behaved as the gentle Victorian schoolmaster in this adaptation of James Hilton's sentimental 1934 novel “Goodbye Mr. Chips.” The episodic story follows Arthur Chipping (Clunes) throughout his adult life---all of it at the elite British boarding school Brookfield---from his disastrous first Latin class to his death following World War I. Kathie: Victoria Hamilton. Staefel: Conleth Hill. Wetherby: John Wood. Ralston: Patrick Malahide. Burnley: David Horovitch. Original Air Date: Oct 19, 2003
Guest Cast Eddie Cooper: Young Rushton Jack Merriott: Highcroft George Clarke: Young Callender Tom Szekeres: Lancaster John Wood: Wetherby David Netherton: Rinehart Martin Clunes: Mr. Chipping David Horovitch: Burnley James Malcolm: Hawthorne Robert Lermitte: Chairman Sexton Christopher Fulford: Metcalf Rory Copus: Alderdyce Conleth Hill: Max Staefel Harry Lloyd: Young Rivers Tom Roberts: Henshaw Hugh Sachs: Hotelier Dominic Le Moignan: Atkins Joe Sowerbutts: Young Sexton James Casey: Young Colley Victoria Hamilton: Kathie Irene Sutcliffe: Card Player Jaq Croft: Mrs. Sexton John Pearson: Solder Colley Sr. Henry Cavill: Soldier Colley Paula Jacobs: Card Player Richard Braine: Dr. Merivale Jr. Doyne Byrd: Dr. Merivale Sr. Florence Hoath: Alice Johnson Andrew Collins: Callender Sr. Peter Cant: April Fool's Boy John Harding: Sir John Rivers Tom Wansey: Morgan Oliver Rokison: Young Wallingford Graham Pountney: Rushton Sr. Nicholas Le Moignan: Colley Secundus Bryon Robson: Man with Whiskers Patrick Malahide: Ralston
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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