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Churchill's People

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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.

Dec 30, 19741 seasons26 episodesEndedEN

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Seasons

Series 1

26 episodes

Premiered Dec 30, 1974

Episodes

1–6 of 26

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Ep 1

Pritan

Dec 30, 1974

50m

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.

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Ep 2

The Lost Island

Jan 6, 1975

50m

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.

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Ep 3

The Coming of the Cross

Jan 13, 1975

49m

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

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Ep 4

The Great Alfred

Jan 20, 1975

54m

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.

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Ep 5

The Saxon Dusk

Jan 27, 1975

53m

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.

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Ep 6