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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Documentary
1981, Show
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.
Country: United Kingdom
Cast:
Tim Pigott-Smith,
Robert Hardy,
Nigel Havers,
Siân Phillips
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Robert Hardy
As Winston Churchill
Nigel Havers
As Randolph Churchill
Siân Phillips
As Clementine Churchill
Edward Woodward
As Sir Samuel Hoare
Eric Porter
As Neville Chamberlain
Peter Barkworth
As Stanley Baldwin

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