• 1981
  • 1h
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Summary The story of Winston Churchill's life between 1929, when he lost his cabinet position, and 1939, when he joined Great Britain's War Cabinet - a period he described as the most difficult in his life. View more details

  • 1981
  • 1h

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Nigel Havers Robert Hardy Siân Phillips Tim Pigott-Smith

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8.5

Details

Genres : Drama History War Biography

Release date : Sep 5, 1981

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Production companies : Southern Television

Summary The story of Winston Churchill's life between 1929, when he lost his cabinet position, and 1939, when he joined Great Britain's War Cabinet - a period he described as the most difficult in his life. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama History War Biography

Release date : Sep 5, 1981

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Language : English

Filming locations : Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Production companies : Southern Television

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Sep 05, 1981
Down and Out
When 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 and invests the proceeds in a a pre-crash stock market.
Episode 2 • Sep 12, 1981
Politics Are Foul
Churchill's views on the Indian question bring him into conflict with his own party.
Episode 3 • Sep 19, 1981
In High Places
Churchill 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 win a victory on the India question Sir Samuel Hoare enlists the aid of Lord Derby to suppress certain unfavorable testimony, but one of the witnesses comes forth to Churchill.
Episode 4 • Sep 26, 1981
A Menace in the House
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.
Episode 5 • Oct 03, 1981
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 race for air superiority. Meanwhile Randolph Churchill backs several ill-advised candidates and Clementine goes traveling and meets another man. When Germany's air superiority becomes public, the MacDonald government falls and Churchill works in the general election to return the Conservatives to power. Although they are successful, Churchill is once again passed over for a cabinet position.
Episode 6 • Oct 10, 1981
His Own Funeral
George 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 occupies the Rhineland. Sarah elopes to America with a Jewish musical hall comedian. When the new king gets embroiled in a dispute over his relationship with an American divorcée, Churchill champions his cause losing yet more popularity with house members.
Episode 7 • Oct 17, 1981
The Long Tide of Surrender
Churchill 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. He also brings a civil servant, Sir Horace Wilson on as an aide. Lord Halifax broaches the subject of disarmament with Goehrin which causes Anthony Eden to resign as foreign minister. After promising Churchill that there will be no more accommodations, Chamberlain flies to Munich to meet with Hitler on Czechoslovakia.
Episode 8 • Oct 24, 1981
What Price Churchill?
Churchill'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 position in the government.

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