Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Premiered: Sep 06, 1981 | 1 seasons | 8 episodes
Popularity: 2
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| 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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Siân Phillips | Clementine Churchill | 8 |
| Robert Hardy | Winston Churchill | 8 |
| Nigel Havers | Randolph Churchill | 8 |
| Edward Woodward | Sir Samuel Hoare | 8 |
| Tim Pigott-Smith | Brendan Bracken | 8 |
| Eric Porter | Neville Chamberlain | 8 |
| David Swift | Professor Lindemann | 5 |
| Sherrie Hewson | Mrs. Pearman | 5 |
| Paul Freeman | 3 | |
| David Quilter | Wing-Commander Torr Anderson | 3 |
| Peter Vaughan | 2 | |
| Clive Swift | 2 | |
| Walter Gotell | Lord Swinton | 2 |
| Phil Brown | 2 | |
| David Swift | Professor Lindemann | 1 |
| Patricia Hodge | Lady Londonderry | 1 |
| Sam Wanamaker | Bernard Baruch | 1 |
| Stephen Elliott | 1 | |
| Frank Middlemass | Lord Derby (uncredited) | 1 |
| Frank Middlemass | Lord Derby | 1 |
| Norman Bird | Sir Maurice Hanley | 1 |
| Walter Gotell | Lord Swinton (uncredited) | 1 |
| Stratford Johns | Lord Rothermere | 1 |
| Christopher Benjamin | Air Ministry Official | 1 |
| Simon Dutton | 1 | |
| Nigel Stock | Admiral Domvile | 1 |
| Lynda La Plante | 1 | |
| Terence Rigby | Thomas Barlow (uncredited) | 1 |
| Terence Rigby | Thomas Barlow | 1 |
| Tristan Gemmill | Schoolboy | 1 |
| Sherrie Hewson | Mrs. Pearman (uncredited) | 1 |
| Matt Zimmerman | 1st U.S. Businessman | 1 |
| Jeremy Child | Wing Commander | 1 |