The Regiment was a British

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 television

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 drama series produced by the BBC

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. First broadcast on BBC One

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 in 1972 it starred Christopher Cazenove

Christopher Cazenove

Christopher Cazenove was an English cinema, television and stage actor.-Early life and career:He was born Christopher de Lerisson Cazenove, the son of Arnold de Lerisson Cazenove and Elizabeth Laura in Winchester, Hampshire, but was brought up in Bowlish, Somerset...

 and followed the story of a British Army regiment from the view of two families.

The Regiment was based on a single 1970 play that was part of the BBC Drama Playhouse series. The series followed the Cotswold Regiment from 1895 to 1904 and in particular the Gaunt and Bright families. The first series broadcast in 1972 related to the regiment's time with the Boer War, the second 1973 series followed the regiment in the British Raj in India.

Cast List

Actor	Character
Christopher Cazenove Christopher Cazenove Christopher Cazenove was an English cinema, television and stage actor.-Early life and career:He was born Christopher de Lerisson Cazenove, the son of Arnold de Lerisson Cazenove and Elizabeth Laura in Winchester, Hampshire, but was brought up in Bowlish, Somerset...	Lt/Capt Richard Gaunt
Maria Aitken Maria Aitken Maria Penelope Katharine Aitken is an English actress, writer, producer and director.Aitken was born in Dublin, the daughter of Sir William Aitken, a Conservative MP, and socialite Penelope Aitken, whose father was John Maffey, 1st Baron Rugby. She is a great-niece of newspaper magnate and...	Dorothy Saunders
Wendy Allnutt	Charlotte Gaunt
Virginia Balfour	Mrs Cranleigh-Osborne
James Bate	Cpl Ernest Bright
Michael Brennan Michael Brennan (actor) Michael Brennan was an English film and television actor.Born in London, Brennan was married to actress Mary Hignett. He appeared in such films as Nicholas Nickleby, Thunderball, The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders, Tom Jones, and The 39 Steps...	RSM William Bright
Bernard Brown	Capt/Major Robert Saunders
Shirley Dixon	Maud Slingsby
Michael Elwyn	Lt Henry Percival
John Hallam John Hallam John William Francis Hallam was a Northern Irish character actor.- Career :He appeared in many film and television roles including Nicholas and Alexandra , Murphy's War , The Pallisers , The Mallens , Flash Gordon , Dragonslayer , the BBC television adaptations of Prince Caspian...	Lt James Willoughby
John Hallet John Hallet John Hallet is a British actor, probably best known for his role as Barney in the 1970s television drama Survivors.Other TV credits include: Z-Cars, The Regiment as regular Pte Hodge, Oil Strike North, All Creatures Great and Small, Call Me Mister and the uncompleted Doctor Who serial Shada.-...	Private Hodge
Roy Herrick Roy Herrick Roy Herrick was a British actor .His television credits include: Danger Man, Public Eye, Callan, The Regiment, Colditz, Survivors, Doctor Who , Pardon My Genie, George and Mildred, Tenko, The Fourth Arm, Mr...	Lt/Capt Jeffrey Sissons
Penelope Lee	Dr. Mary Mitcheson/Gaunt
Denis Lill Denis Lill Denis Lill is a New Zealand-born British actor.Some of his many film and television roles include Fall of Eagles , Edward the Seventh , Survivors , The Scarlet Pimpernel , as William Knox d-Arcy, the Australian oil pioneer in Persia, in Reilly: Ace of Spies , Rumpole of the Bailey , Mapp &...	Captain/Major Alfred Slingsby
Frederick Treves Frederick Treves (actor) Frederick William Treves BEM, is an English character actor with an extensive repertoire, specialising in avuncular military and titled types....	Col Cranleigh-Osborne
Wendy Williams Wendy Williams (actor) Wendy Williams is a British actress.She is best known for her work on television, with credits including: Danger Man, Z-Cars, The Regiment, The Pallisers, The Carnforth Practice, Thriller, Doctor Who , Survivors, Poldark, Tenko and The Darling Buds of May...	Alice Gaunt
Richard Wordsworth Richard Wordsworth The English character actor Richard Wordsworth was born on 19 January 1915 and died on 21 November 1993. He was the great-great-grandson of the poet William Wordsworth....	Lt Col Gaunt-Seymour