Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (1981)

EndedScripted showDrama, History

The series focuses on the decade from 1929 to 1939 during which Winston Churchill was out of power and out of favor. During that time he attempted to make his colleagues and countrymen aware of the Nazi threat to Britain. He comes up against much resistance from fellow politicians Stanley Baldwin, Samuel Hoare and the appeasement polices of Neville Chamberlain. He faces problems not only in politics but at home as well.

Network
Scheduleevery Sunday (60 min)

Last Episode

What Price Churchill?
Season 1Episode 860 min

What Price Churchill?

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.
Oct 25, 1981

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E08What Price Churchill?Oct 25, 1981
S01E07The Long Tide of SurrenderOct 18, 1981
S01E06His Own FuneralOct 11, 1981
S01E05The Flying PerilOct 4, 1981
S01E04A Menace in the HouseSep 27, 1981
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Cast

Siân Phillips

Siân Phillips

plays Clementine Churchill
Nigel Havers

Nigel Havers

plays Randolph Churchill
Robert Hardy

Robert Hardy

plays Winston Churchill
Eric Porter

Eric Porter

plays Neville Chamberlain
Peter Barkworth

Peter Barkworth

plays Stanley Baldwin
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Characters

Clementine Churchill

Clementine Churchill

played by Siân Phillips
Randolph Churchill

Randolph Churchill

played by Nigel Havers
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill

played by Robert Hardy
Neville Chamberlain

Neville Chamberlain

played by Eric Porter
Stanley Baldwin

Stanley Baldwin

played by Peter Barkworth
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