
The First Churchills is a 1969 twelve-part BBC television serial starring John Neville as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and Susan Hampshire as his wife, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. Written and produced by Donald Wilson, and directed by David Giles, the series is notable as being the first programme shown on PBS's long-running Masterpiece series in the United States.
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Air Date: 1969-09-27
At the court of Charles II, young John Churchill advances his career by serving the king’s bastard son, Monmouth, in ...
Air Date: 1969-10-04
In 1675 a masque was performed at the Court of Charles II at Whitehall. There the young soldier John Churchill, Groom...
Air Date: 1969-10-11
John and Sarah have married. Lord Shaftesbury has threatened Charles with rebellion. To appease his Protestant Parlia...
Air Date: 1969-10-18
The rage against Popery in England continues. James, Duke of Monmouth, has become the protégé of Shaftesbury who plan...
Air Date: 1969-10-25
Charles has been forced to send James into exile and to dissolve his factious parliament at Oxford. The Princess Anne...
Air Date: 1969-11-01
Monmouth, the hope of the Protestant rebels, was defeated by John Churchill at Sedgemoor.
Air Date: 1969-11-08
John Churchill owed much to James II. But the King was clearly determined to destroy the Protestant religion and the ...
Air Date: 1969-11-15
William III, with Churchill's help, has defeated James' attempted invasion of Ireland. John has been suspected of tre...
Air Date: 1969-11-22
In an atmosphere of national panic John, falsely accused of Jacobite treachery, has been imprisoned for a time in the...
Air Date: 1969-11-29
Before he died William III recognised Marlborough as his successor in the task of defeating France. With the accessio...
Air Date: 1969-12-06
To save the Holy Roman Empire from French invasion Marlborough led his allied troops into Germany and defeated the Fr...
Air Date: 1969-12-13
Marlborough continues his success in the war against France, but his prestige at home and with Anne has been impaired...