Episode 1

The tenth and final series of The Citadel by Mike Harris based on the book by A J Cronin.

It is 1934 and unsettling times around the world and in Great Britain. Denny and Manson are as busy as ever in their Welsh surgery but both have decisions to make. And will Denny finally admit to his love for his partner's wife, Christine.

Philip Denny ..... Matthew Gravelle
Andrew Manson ..... Richard Fleeshman
Christine Manson ..... Catrin Stewart
Joseph Hofman ..... Allan Corduner
Maurice Hofman ..... Joe Coen
Dafyd Jones/Eddie ..... Ifan Meredith

Directed by Tracey Neale

It is 1934 and things are going from bad to worse: the international order is breaking down, the economy is shot and the far right is rising. Tory MPs are wondering whether to jump ship and join them, and the government is sitting on a landslide majority but seems to have lost direction.

In their Welsh surgery, Denny and Manson are as busy as ever with inadequate funds to treat all their patients. They dream is the formation of a National Health Service but will it ever happen.

Christine, now a teacher, struggles with the arrival of the new Headmaster while her husband, Andrew is coping with his workload and travelling to London to attend BMA meetings where he argues for a public funded health service. Meanwhile a painful memory from the past returns to Denny when he goes in search for the son of a new patient.

Writer - Mike Harris
Producer & Director - Tracey Neale
Technical Team - Keith Graham and Sam Dickinson
Production Co-Ordinator - Ben Hollands

A BBC Studios Production