
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Documentary·1981·1 Seasons
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.
Starring: Robert Hardy,Eric Porter,Peter Barkworth,Nigel Havers
Episodes
Season 1S01 | E01
Down and Out
1981-09-06
S01 | E02
Politics are Foul
1981-09-13
S01 | E03
In High Places
1981-09-20
S01 | E04
A Menace in the House
1981-09-27
S01 | E05
The Flying Peril
1981-10-04
S01 | E06
His Own Funeral
1981-10-11
S01 | E07
The Long Tide of Surrender
1981-10-18
S01 | E08
What Price Churchill?
1981-10-25
Cast

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







