The First Churchills

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  • Premiered: Sep 1969
  • Episodes: 12
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Saturday
  • Drama History Mini-series Romance War

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Season 1
1x1
The Chaste Nymph
Episode overview
Air date
Sep 27, 1969
At the court of Charles II, young John Churchill advances his career by serving the king’s bastard son, Monmouth, in the field of battle, and by bedding the king’s mistress, the Duchess .. show full overview
1x2
Bridals
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 04, 1969
In 1675 a masque was performed at the Court of Charles II at Whitehall. There the young soldier John Churchill, Groom of the Bedchamber to the King's brother, fell in love with a pretty lady-in-waiting, Sarah Jennings.
1x3
Plot Counter-Plot
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 11, 1969
John and Sarah have married. Lord Shaftesbury has threatened Charles with rebellion. To appease his Protestant Parliament, Charles has arranged a marriage between Mary and the Prince of Orange.
1x4
The Lion and the Unicorn
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 1969
The rage against Popery in England continues. James, Duke of Monmouth, has become the protégé of Shaftesbury who plans to make him King. But Churchill has refused to support Monmouth. .. show full overview
1x5
Rebellion
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 1969
Charles has been forced to send James into exile and to dissolve his factious parliament at Oxford. The Princess Anne has married George, Prince of Denmark, and has chosen Sarah to be one of her Ladies of the Bedchamber.
1x6
The Protestant Wind
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 1969
Monmouth, the hope of the Protestant rebels, was defeated by John Churchill at Sedgemoor.
1x7
Trial of Strength
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 06, 1969
John Churchill owed much to James II. But the King was clearly determined to destroy the Protestant religion and the laws of England, so John decided to support William of Orange and the Revolution of 1688.
1x8
The Queens Command
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 15, 1969
William III, with Churchill's help, has defeated James' attempted invasion of Ireland. John has been suspected of treason and dismissed from Court. Princess Anne has refused to obey her sister Mary and part with Sarah.
1x9
Reconciliation
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 22, 1969
In an atmosphere of national panic John, falsely accused of Jacobite treachery, has been imprisoned for a time in the Tower. After Mary's death, William receives Anne at Court.
1x10
A Famous Victory
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 29, 1969
Before he died William III recognised Marlborough as his successor in the task of defeating France. With the accession of Anne, John and Sarah have risen to a position of pre-eminence.
1x11
Breaking the Circle
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 06, 1969
To save the Holy Roman Empire from French invasion Marlborough led his allied troops into Germany and defeated the French at the Battle of Blenheim.
1x12 Show finale
Not Without Honour
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 13, 1969
Marlborough continues his success in the war against France, but his prestige at home and with Anne has been impaired by the devious backstairs intrigue of Robert Harley.

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