The First Churchills(1969)
Drama
First Air Date: 1969-09-27
Average Runtime: 50m
Rating: 6.8
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
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.
Keywords
historical figurebased on memoir or autobiographyfamilybritish politics18th centuryhistorical drama17th centuryqueen anne
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 12E01
The Chaste Nymph
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 ...
E02
Bridals
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...
E03
Plot Counter-Plot
Air Date: 1969-10-11
John and Sarah have married. Lord Shaftesbury has threatened Charles with rebellion. To appease his Protestant Parlia...
E04
The Lion and the Unicorn
Air Date: 1969-10-18
The rage against Popery in England continues. James, Duke of Monmouth, has become the protégé of Shaftesbury who plan...
E05
Rebellion
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...
E06
The Protestant Wind
Air Date: 1969-11-01
Monmouth, the hope of the Protestant rebels, was defeated by John Churchill at Sedgemoor.
E07
Trial of Strength
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 ...
E08
The Queens Command
Air Date: 1969-11-15
William III, with Churchill's help, has defeated James' attempted invasion of Ireland. John has been suspected of tre...
E09
Reconciliation
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...
E10
A Famous Victory
Air Date: 1969-11-29
Before he died William III recognised Marlborough as his successor in the task of defeating France. With the accessio...
E11
Breaking the Circle
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...
E12
Not Without Honour
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...
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