Churchill and the Generals (1979)
- Directed by
- Alan Gibson
- Genre
- drama, history, war, tv movie
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 3h
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This television drama covers the years 1940 to 1945, showing Winston Churchill interacting with allied generals from inside the Cabinet Office and War Rooms. The story focuses on the tensions and relationships between Churchill and his military leaders.
historicaldramatictalkyintimatereflectiveearnestrestrainedconversational
What happens
Churchill and the Generals is a 1979 BBC television drama concerning the relationship between Winston Churchill and generals of the Allied forces, set in the Cabinet Office and War Rooms between 1940 and 1945. It was written by Ian Curteis (with Peter Young as military advisor). It was first broadcast on BBC2 on 23 September 1979, and repeated on BBC1 on 22 August 1981. It screened on 5 March 1981 in the United States. The Times television critic Michael Ratcliffe wrote: 'Churchill, though trivial, was intermittently moving and fun (alternative title: Punch in the Second World War?)' Timothy West won the John Logie Baird performance award (1980). He reprised the role of Churchill in The Last Bastion (1984) and Hiroshima (1995). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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