Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)
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.
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Episodes
- 1 1. Down and Out1981-09-06 · 1h 0mWhen the Tories lose their majority in Parliament, Winston loses his spot in the cabinet. Deciding to take the opportunity to feather his nest he goes to America on a speaking tour
- 2 2. Politics are Foul1981-09-13 · 1h 0mChurchill's views on the Indian question bring him into conflict with his own party.
- 3 3. In High Places1981-09-20 · 1h 0mChurchill takes a European trip to visit famous battlefields and hopes to meet with Hitler but the meeting fails to materialize. The India question still rages in the U.K. Eager to
- 4 4. A Menace in the House1981-09-27 · 1h 0mChurchill asks the House to institute a committee to investigate the interference with evidence on the India question. But committee members Ramsay McDonald, Sir Louis Kershaw and
- 5 5. The Flying Peril1981-10-04 · 1h 0mChurchill sounds the alarm in the House of Commons that Germany is re-arming and that Britain is falling behind in the race for air superiority. Meanhwile Randolph Churchill backs
- 6 6. His Own Funeral1981-10-11 · 1h 0mGeorge V dies. Churchill continues to rail against the government's failure to adequately prepare for war. Wigram grows increasingly despondent at the prospect of war when Hitler o
- 7 7. The Long Tide of Surrender1981-10-18 · 1h 0mChurchill is completely marginalized following the election of Nevill Chamberlain as P.M. Chamberlain pursues a policy of appeasement and orders ministers to cut defense spending.
- 8 8. What Price Churchill?1981-10-25 · 1h 0mChurchill's warnings come true as Hitler seizes Czechoslovakia and attacks Poland. Still Chamberlain resists admitting that it's to be war and that he must offer Churchill a positi
Cast
Robert HardyWinston Churchill
Eric PorterNeville Chamberlain
Peter BarkworthStanley Baldwin
Nigel HaversRandolph Churchill
Siân PhillipsClementine Churchill
Edward WoodwardSir Samuel HoareImages
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