Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)

Genre

drama television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This 1981 series follows Winston Churchill during the 1920s and 1930s when he was out of political power. It shows his struggle to be heard as he warns about the rise of Nazi Germany.

slow-burnserioushistoricalgrittyreflectiverestrainedsombertension-filled

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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