Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)

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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Quick Facts

Premiered
Sep 1981
Runtime
60 mins
Language
English
Status
Ended

Networks

ITV1

Storyline

The series focuses on the decade from 1929 to 1939 during which Winston Churchill was out of power and out of favor. During that time he attempted to make his colleagues and countrymen aware of the Nazi threat to Britain. He comes up against much resistance from fellow politicians Stanley Baldwin, Samuel Hoare and the appeasement polices of Neville Chamberlain. He faces problems not only in politics but at home as well.

Cast

Robert Hardy
Robert Hardy
Winston Churchill
Siân Phillips
Siân Phillips
Clementine Churchill
Nigel Havers
Nigel Havers
Randolph Churchill
Peter Barkworth
Peter Barkworth
Stanley Baldwin
Eric Porter
Eric Porter
Neville Chamberlain