R.F. Delderfield (Writer)

Diana

The very different lives of Jan Leigh, a poor but studious young country lad, and Diana Gayelorde-Sutton, the equally single minded daughter of a rich landowner, from the 1920s through to post-war Britain.

Release Date1984-01-12

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count10

Vote Count2

To Serve Them All My Days

To Serve Them All My Days is a 1980-81 British television drama serial, adapted by Andrew Davies from R. F. Delderfield's 1972 novel of the same name. David Powlett-Jones, a shell-shocked World War I veteran, becomes a teacher at an elite English boarding school, Bamfylde. The drama explores his personal growth, relationships, and evolving views on society over his 20-year career at the school.

Release Date1980-10-17

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count13

Vote Count4

A Horseman Riding By

A Horseman Riding By is a 13-part BBC television serial produced by Ken Riddington, and adapted by Arden Winch, Alexander Baron, and John Wiles from R.F. Delderfield's 1966-68 historical novel series of the same name. Having been invalided out of the Boer War, Paul Craddock buys Shallowford, a manor house and estate in Devon, with money from his late father's scrapyard business. He soon becomes a much-respected 'Squire' determined to treat all his tenant farmers fairly, unlike his predecessor.

Release Date1978-09-24

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count13

Vote Count2

Carry On Sergeant

Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.

Release Date1958-08-31

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count73

On the Fiddle

Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.

Release Date1961-10-10

DepartmentWriting

JobBook

Vote Count7

Now and Forever

A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope.

Release Date1956-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count5

Where There's a Will

A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown.

Release Date1955-03-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count7

Golden Rain

Young country curate, Roger Strawbridge, and his wife, Cathy, find themselves in financial distress. In a desperate attempt to resolve their money troubles, Cathy decides to gamble on the football pools. The drama unfolds as she unexpectedly wins a massive jackpot—the "golden rain" of the title. However, the windfall brings moral and social complications rather than relief. The couple must navigate the ethical dilemma of a clergyman's family profiting from gambling, alongside the sudden, overwhelming pressures and unwanted attention that come with their new-found wealth.

Release Date1953-08-02

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Value for Money

A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.

Release Date1955-08-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count8

Worm's Eye View

Incidents in the lives of a group of R.A.F. men living in billets.

Release Date1951-04-01

DepartmentWriting

JobTheatre Play

Vote Count1

All Over the Town

Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. When one of the paper's owners dies, the man's partner and son offers Nat a position as editor in return for his financial backing. But Nat's reluctance to shy away from controversial issues raises more than a few eyebrows.

Release Date1949-04-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count5

Keep It Clean

A man invents a new cleaning machine. His brother in law offers to help him promote it and they get help from the Purity League.

Release Date1956-05-01

DepartmentCrew

JobScript

Vote Count6