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The Brothers

Episode 2 of 8

Archaeology series unearthing the history behind our cult Sunday night dramas looks at 1970s boardroom-to-bedroom saga The Brothers, set around a family-owned UK road haulage firm.

Archaeology series unearthing the history and anecdotes behind cult British Sunday night drama series looks at 1970s boardroom-to-bedroom saga The Brothers, set around a family-owned road haulage firm. It reveals how the writers mirrored the country's class divisions within the Hammond family, why a viewer punched actor Colin Baker in the mouth, what happened after Liza Goddard and Colin Baker met at the altar, and how being in a bad mood at the audition got Kate O'Mara the part of Jane Maxwell.

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