Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

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  • Premiered: Sep 1981
  • Episodes: 8
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Season 1
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Down and Out
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Air date
Sep 06, 1981
When the Tories lose their majority in Parliament, Winston loses his spot in the cabinet. Deciding to take the opportunity to feather his nest he goes to America on a speaking tour and invests the proceeds in a a pre-crash stock market.
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Politics Are Foul
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Air date
Sep 13, 1981
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In High Places
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Air date
Sep 20, 1981
Churchill takes a European trip to visit famous battlefields and hopes to meet with Hitler but the meeting fails to materialize. The India question still rages in the U.K. Eager to win a .. show full overview
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A Menace in the House
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Air date
Sep 27, 1981
Churchill asks the House to institute a committee to investigate the interference with evidence on the India question. But committee members Ramsay McDonald, Sir Louis Kershaw and .. show full overview
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The Flying Peril
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Air date
Oct 04, 1981
Churchill sounds the alarm in the House of Commons that Germany is re-arming and that Britain is falling behind in the race for air superiority. Meanhwile Randolph Churchill backs .. show full overview
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His Own Funeral
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Air date
Oct 11, 1981
George V dies. Churchill continues to rail against the government's failure to adequately prepare for war. Wigram grows increasingly despondent at the prospect of war when Hitler .. show full overview
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The Long Tide of Surrender
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Air date
Oct 18, 1981
Churchill is completely marginalized following the election of Nevill Chamberlain as P.M. Chamberlain pursues a policy of appeasement and orders ministers to cut defense spending. He .. show full overview
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What Price Churchill?
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Air date
Oct 25, 1981
Churchill's warnings come true as Hitler seizes Czechoslovakia and attacks Poland. Still Chamberlain resists admitting that it's to be war and that he must offer Churchill a position in the government.

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