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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an eight-part 1981 drama serial based on Winston Churchill's years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 1930s. It was made by Southern Television on a budget of £3¼ million and originally broadcast on ITV on Sunday nights at 10 pm. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, with historian Martin Gilbert as co-writer. Churchill was played by Robert Hardy, who earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor and went on to play him in several other productions.
Original Release
09/06/1981
US Release
01/16/1983
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Hardy | Winston Churchill |
Siân Phillips | Clementine Churchill |
Nigel Havers | Randolph Churchill |
Tim Pigott-Smith | Brendan Bracken |
Peter Barkworth | Stanley Baldwin |
Edward Woodward | Sir Samuel Hoare |
Eric Porter | Neville Chamberlain |
Paul McDowell | Butler at Chartwell |
David Swift | Professor Lindemann |
Sherrie Hewson | Mrs. Pearman |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Down and Out | Sunday, 06 September 1981 |
2 | Politics Are Foul | Sunday, 13 September 1981 |
3 | In High Places | Sunday, 20 September 1981 |
4 | A Menace in the House | Sunday, 27 September 1981 |
5 | The Flying Peril | Sunday, 04 October 1981 |
6 | His Own Funeral | Sunday, 11 October 1981 |
7 | The Long Tide of Surrender | Sunday, 18 October 1981 |
8 | What Price Churchill? | Sunday, 25 October 1981 |
Directors
Writers
Ferdinand Fairfax, William Humble
Cast
Name | Character |
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Robert Hardy | Winston Churchill |
Siân Phillips | Clementine Churchill |
Nigel Havers | Randolph Churchill |
Tim Pigott-Smith | Brendan Bracken |
Peter Barkworth | Stanley Baldwin |
Edward Woodward | Sir Samuel Hoare |
Eric Porter | Neville Chamberlain |
Paul McDowell | Butler at Chartwell |
David Swift | Professor Lindemann |
Sherrie Hewson | Mrs. Pearman |
Derek Ensor | Speaker of the House |
Robert James | Ramsay Macdonald |
Marcella Markham | Nancy Astor |
Chloe Salaman | Sarah Churchill |
Tony Mathews | Anthony Eden |
Katharine Levy | Mary Churchill |
David Quilter | Wing-Commander Torr Anderson |
Paul Freeman | Ralph Wigram |
Ian Collier | Harold Macmillan |
Walter Gotell | Lord Swinton |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Broke | Producer |