The Valiant Years (1960)

Original title

Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years

Directed by

Anthony Bushell, John Schlesinger

Genre

documentary, war & politics

Country

United Kingdom

Rating

8.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series is based on Winston Churchill's memoirs. It narrates the events of his life and leadership during World War Two. The episodes use archival footage and readings from his writings.

historicaleducationalmatter-of-factinformativesoberearnestretrospectiveauthoritative

What happens

The Valiant Years was a documentary produced by ABC based on the memoirs of Winston Churchill, directed by Anthony Bushell and John Schlesinger, narrated by Gary Merrill and with extracts from the memoirs voiced by Richard Burton. It ran in the United States from 1960 to 1961, in 27 30-minute episodes and was broadcast in the UK by the BBC from February to August 1961. Its incidental music was written by Richard Rodgers, who won an Emmy for it in 1962. Scriptwriters included Victor Wolfson a dramatist and writer, playwright William Templeton, Quentin Reynolds, William L. Shirer, an American journalist, war correspondent and historian, and Richard Tregaskis. One of the programme's London-based producers was actor Patrick Macnee, just prior to his being cast as secret agent John Steed in the long-running cult TV series The Avengers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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