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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981 1 Seasons 8 Episodes ⭐ 6.3 Documentary

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Down and Out

When the Tories lose their majority in Parliament, Winston loses his spot in the cabinet. Deciding to take the opportuni

EP 2

Politics are Foul

Churchill's views on the Indian question bring him into conflict with his own party.

EP 3

In High Places

Churchill takes a European trip to visit famous battlefields and hopes to meet with Hitler but the meeting fails to mate

EP 4

A Menace in the House

Churchill asks the House to institute a committee to investigate the interference with evidence on the India question. B

EP 5

The Flying Peril

Churchill sounds the alarm in the House of Commons that Germany is re-arming and that Britain is falling behind in the r

EP 6

His Own Funeral

George V dies. Churchill continues to rail against the government's failure to adequately prepare for war. Wigram grows

EP 7

The Long Tide of Surrender

Churchill is completely marginalized following the election of Nevill Chamberlain as P.M. Chamberlain pursues a policy o

EP 8

What Price Churchill?

Churchill's warnings come true as Hitler seizes Czechoslovakia and attacks Poland. Still Chamberlain resists admitting t

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Robert Hardy

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Winston Churchill

Eric Porter

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Peter Barkworth

Peter Barkworth

Stanley Baldwin

Nigel Havers

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Siân Phillips

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Clementine Churchill

Edward Woodward

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