Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years S01E04 · A Menace in the House

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Churchill 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 Clement Attlee are unable to conclude that there's been any wrongdoing. The findings of the committee further damage Churchill's standing in the house.

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1. 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 2. Politics are Foul1981-09-13 · 1h 0mChurchill's views on the Indian question bring him into conflict with his own party.
3. 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 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 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 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 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 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