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Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an eight-part 1981 drama serial based on Winston Churchill's years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 1930s. It was made by Southern Television on a budget of £3¼ million and originally broadcast on ITV on Sunday nights at 10 pm. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, with historian Martin Gilbert as co-writer. Churchill was played by Robert Hardy, who earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor and went on to play him in several other productions.

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  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years est une série télévisée britannique en 8 épisodes, écrite et réalisée par Ferdinand Fairfax, et retraçant la vie de Winston Churchill, des années 1920s à 1930s. Churchill est interprété par Robert Hardy, dont la prestation lui vaudra un BAFTA Award en 1982. (fr)
  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an eight-part 1981 drama serial based on Winston Churchill's years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 1930s. It was made by Southern Television on a budget of £3¼ million and originally broadcast on ITV on Sunday nights at 10 pm. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, with historian Martin Gilbert as co-writer. Churchill was played by Robert Hardy, who earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor and went on to play him in several other productions. (en)
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  • 1981-10-25 (xsd:date)
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  • 8 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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  • 1 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)
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  • 1981-09-06 (xsd:date)
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  • DVD cover art (en)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • Ferdinand Fairfax (en)
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  • 2 (xsd:integer)
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  • Mark Shivas (en)
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  • 1981-09-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Drama (en)
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  • Picture of Robert Hardy as Winston Churchill from DVD cover (en)
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  • 200 (xsd:integer)
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  • English (en)
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  • 1981-10-25 (xsd:date)
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  • 544 (xsd:integer)
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  • 8 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1 (xsd:integer)
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  • 1981-09-13 (xsd:date)
  • 1981-09-20 (xsd:date)
  • 1981-09-27 (xsd:date)
  • 1981-10-04 (xsd:date)
  • 1981-10-11 (xsd:date)
  • 1981-10-18 (xsd:date)
  • 1981-10-25 (xsd:date)
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  • Richard Broke (en)
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  • Baldwin sends for Churchill asking for his support in giving India dominion status, something Churchill is against. Churchill attacks Ramsay MacDonald in parliament and resigns from the shadow cabinet. The division in the conservative party leads Baldwin to make a political deal with MacDonald. A general election is called for a national government and Churchill is not offered office. While in New York, he suffers an accident. (en)
  • While in Germany, Churchill hopes to meet with Hitler. Samuel Hoare and Lord Derby become the centers of intrigue regarding a report from the cotton industry related to the India question. A witness seeks out Churchill. Brendan Bracken and Churchill have a falling-out. (en)
  • King George dies and trouble looms with the new king's relationship with a divorced woman. Churchill loses popularity due to his support. Hitler occupies the Rhineland and Baldwin's cabinet continues to dawdle in any war preparations. (en)
  • Churchill warns of Germany's re-arming and their air superiority over Britain. The MacDonald government falls. Churchill is again denied a cabinet position when the conservatives return to power. He also must contend with troubles at home. (en)
  • Armed with papers as evidence of Hoare's tampering with the cotton industry's report to parliament, the investigation begins and ends. Churchill is incensed with the result and suffers for it in the house. In France, Churchill is approached by Ralph Wigram. (en)
  • Baldwin retires and Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister. With Sir Horace Wilson as an aide, appeasement and reduction of defense spending is his policy. Chamberlain flies to Munich to meet with Hitler on Czechoslovakia. (en)
  • Hitler invades Czechoslovakia and then Poland. Chamberlain initially refuses to believe it is war but finally relents under pressure. He offers Churchill a place in the government. (en)
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  • In High Places (en)
  • A Menace in The House (en)
  • His Own Funeral (en)
  • Politics Are Foul (en)
  • The Flying Peril (en)
  • The Long Tide of Surrender (en)
  • What Price Churchill (en)
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  • Ferdinand Fairfax, William Humble (en)
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  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years est une série télévisée britannique en 8 épisodes, écrite et réalisée par Ferdinand Fairfax, et retraçant la vie de Winston Churchill, des années 1920s à 1930s. Churchill est interprété par Robert Hardy, dont la prestation lui vaudra un BAFTA Award en 1982. (fr)
  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an eight-part 1981 drama serial based on Winston Churchill's years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 1930s. It was made by Southern Television on a budget of £3¼ million and originally broadcast on ITV on Sunday nights at 10 pm. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, with historian Martin Gilbert as co-writer. Churchill was played by Robert Hardy, who earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor and went on to play him in several other productions. (en)
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  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (fr)
  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (en)
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