Film and TV Adaptations
Several of his books were adapted for film and television, including My Brother Jonathan (1948) starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray and James Robertson Justice; and Portrait of Clare (1950) starring Margaret Johnston, Richard Todd and Robin Bailey. Both also share Aston Rowant railway station as a filming location.
In 1985 My Brother Jonathan was adapted into a British television series starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Barbara Kellerman. He also wrote two novels set in South Africa, once being "They seek a country" and a sequel "The City of Gold".
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