Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
TV Show| Title | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years |
| User score | 5 |
| Release date | Sep 6, 1981 |
| Release date of last episode | Oct 25, 1981 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Production country | GB |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 1 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 8 |
| Run time | 60 min. |
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy. Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.
Latest episodes
List of episodesS1.E8 ∙ What Price Churchill?
Oct 25, 1981
S1.E7 ∙ The Long Tide of Surrender
Oct 18, 1981
S1.E6 ∙ His Own Funeral
Oct 11, 1981
S1.E5 ∙ The Flying Peril
Oct 4, 1981
S1.E4 ∙ A Menace in the House
Sep 27, 1981
S1.E3 ∙ In High Places
Sep 20, 1981
S1.E2 ∙ Politics are Foul
Sep 13, 1981
S1.E1 ∙ Down and Out
Sep 6, 1981
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Robert Hardy
Winston Churchill
Eric Porter
Neville Chamberlain
Peter Barkworth
Stanley Baldwin
Nigel Havers
Randolph Churchill
Siân Phillips
Clementine Churchill
Edward Woodward
Sir Samuel Hoare
Tim Pigott-Smith
Brendan Bracken
Sherrie Hewson
Mrs. Pearman, Mrs. Pearman (uncredited)
David Swift
Professor Lindemann
Robert James
Ramsay Macdonald, Ramsay Macdonald (uncredited)
Paul Freeman
David Quilter
Wing-Commander Torr Anderson
