Churchill's People

5.0(2)|1974-12-30|1 seasons, 26 episodes

DramaWar & Politics

Overview

Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.

Episodes

Series 1(26)

S1E1 · 1974-12-30 · 50m

Pritan

43 AD: Lucius is one of several Roman spies sent into the offshore island of Pritan, quietly to study the ground before plans for the invasion by Emperor Claudius.

S1E2 · 1975-01-06 · 50m

The Lost Island

400 AD: Among the splendours of his palace at Eboricum (York), Roman British governor Tiberius Claudius broods on what he believes to be the end of the civilised world.

S1E3 · 1975-01-13 · 49m

The Coming of the Cross

654 AD: Two powerful adversaries face each other - Penda, pagan king of Mercia, and Oswy, Christian king of Northumbria.

S1E4 · 1975-01-20 · 54m

The Great Alfred

878 AD: King Alfred has suffered another defeat from the Danes and escapes through the Athelrey swamps to the safety of Odda's Hall. Disguised as a minstrel, Alfred enters the headquarters of the Viking invaders but his conversation with Chieftain Guthrum unsettles the Danes.

S1E5 · 1975-01-27 · 53m

The Saxon Dusk

1042: Godwin, Earl of Wessex, summons Edward from out of his exile in Normandy to wear the Crown of England. But the apparent security of Godwin's Anglo-Saxan policies is disrupted by Edward's partiality for a French connection and Rome-orientated religious tendencies.

S1E6 · 1975-02-03 · 53m

The Conquerors

1066-1070: Forest laws bring about a climax between the Saxons and the Normans.

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