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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

6.319811 seasonTV SeriesDocumentary

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…

WriterFerdinand Fairfax
ProducersMark Shivas·Richard Broke

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Seasons & Episodes

E1
Down and Out
Sep 6, 1981
E2
Politics are Foul
Sep 13, 1981
E3
In High Places
Sep 20, 1981
E4
A Menace in the House
Sep 27, 1981
E5
The Flying Peril
Oct 4, 1981
E6
His Own Funeral
Oct 11, 1981
E7
The Long Tide of Surrender
Oct 18, 1981
E8
What Price Churchill?
Oct 25, 1981

Cast

RHRobert Hardy
Robert Hardy
Winston Churchill
EPEric Porter
Eric Porter
Neville Chamberlain
PBPeter Barkworth
Peter Barkworth
Stanley Baldwin
NHNigel Havers
Nigel Havers
Randolph Churchill
SPSiân Phillips
Siân Phillips
Clementine Churchill
EWEdward Woodward
Edward Woodward
Sir Samuel Hoare

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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years has 1 season in total (8 episodes). The series concluded in 1981.

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