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My Boy Jack

The true story of Rudyard Kipling's only son who joins the Irish Guard at the outset of World War I. Thursday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD 6. by Colleen Greer

In 1914 England, patriotism is high in the early days of WWI, and writer Rudyard Kipling (David Haig, Four Weddings and a Funeral) is one of its most eloquent and passionate voices. John "Jack," (Daniel Radcliffe, Harry Potter films), Kipling's only son, is underage, hopelessly myopic, and eager to join the war effort.

mast_classic_MyBoyJack2_spot Daniel Radcliffe (left) as John "Jack" Kipling
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Kipling's outspoken American wife Carrie (Kim Cattrall, Sex and the City) remains more sanguine on the course of the war, and the fate of her family.

The film, based on a true story, tells of a nation at war, and offers an intimate portrait of one family's complex and divided experience in it.

My Boy Jack, Thursday at 8 p.m. on PBS-HD

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