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Winston Churchill: the Wilderness Years

By Robert Hardy

Winston Churchill: the Wilderness Years Films

Winston Churchill: the Wilderness Years

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All eight episodes of the critically acclaimed drama about the life of Winston Churchill before he became Prime Minister. Starring Robert Hardy as Churchill, Peter Barkworth as Stanley Baldwin, and Eric Porter as Neville Chamberlain. In the opening episode, 'Down and Out', it is the last months of 1928 and Churchill is the most powerful man in the cabinet besides the PM, Stanley Baldwin. However, he has enemies within the Conservative party, notably Neville Chamberlain and Sam Hoare. The Tories lose the election in 1929 and a disillusioned Churchill leaves Britain to lecture across America to earn money. But Wall Street crashes, his hard-earned money disappears and he returns to Britain a depressed man. The second episode, 'Politics Are Foul', centres on the Indian question, the fall from grace of the Labour government, Churchill's speech against the Tory party which alienates him once again from his party, and his self-imposed exile in the South of France. In episode 3, 'In High Places' declines a dinner invitation whilst Churchill is in Munich. Churchill returns to warn Britain of the party and is thrust into a full-blown campaign against the India Bill. Whilst in episode 4, 'A Menace in the House', much of Churchill's political efforts during 1934 are concentrated on the corruption in politics and especially Parliament. The Committee of Privileges is formed which sets out to investigate the India Office and its tight relationship with the Manchester cotton industry. In episode 5, 'The Flying Peril', Churchill makes a speech in the House of Commons about the threat of Germany and his career seems to take a turn for the better. However, after the Tories win the General Election, Churchill finds himself excluded from the Cabinet, but his fighting spirit remains. Episode 6, 'His Own Funeral', sees Churchill hoping that the government will see the danger of , after German troops are moved into the Rhineland.
Product details
Release Date:
2005-02-21
Number of Discs:
4
Publication Date:
2005-02-21
Publisher:
delta home entertainment
Languages:
Original: English
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