Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years(1981)
Documentary
First Air Date: 1981-09-06
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.3
Votes: 4
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 8
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy. Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.
Keywords
exilebritish history1920s1930s
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 8E01
Down and Out
Air Date: 1981-09-06
When the Tories lose their majority in Parliament, Winston loses his spot in the cabinet. Deciding to take the opport...
E02
Politics are Foul
Air Date: 1981-09-13
Churchill's views on the Indian question bring him into conflict with his own party.
E03
In High Places
Air Date: 1981-09-20
Churchill takes a European trip to visit famous battlefields and hopes to meet with Hitler but the meeting fails to m...
E04
A Menace in the House
Air Date: 1981-09-27
Churchill asks the House to institute a committee to investigate the interference with evidence on the India question...
E05
The Flying Peril
Air Date: 1981-10-04
Churchill sounds the alarm in the House of Commons that Germany is re-arming and that Britain is falling behind in th...
E06
His Own Funeral
Air Date: 1981-10-11
George V dies. Churchill continues to rail against the government's failure to adequately prepare for war. Wigram gro...
E07
The Long Tide of Surrender
Air Date: 1981-10-18
Churchill is completely marginalized following the election of Nevill Chamberlain as P.M. Chamberlain pursues a polic...
E08
What Price Churchill?
Air Date: 1981-10-25
Churchill's warnings come true as Hitler seizes Czechoslovakia and attacks Poland. Still Chamberlain resists admittin...
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