The Complete Churchill

50min

Documentary

War & Politics

Written and presented by Martin Gilbert, Sir Winston Churchill's official biographer and the author of Churchill: A Life, The Complete Churchill is a treasury of rare newsreel clips and interviews with Churchill's family, staff, and political contemporaries, both the supporters and the detractors.

Episodes

Cast

Renegade and Turncoat

1. Renegade and Turncoat

50min

21st Oct 1991

This episode surveys Winston Churchill's early life through his schooling, the Boer Wars, the First World War, and his lecture tour in America.

To Conquer or To Die

2. To Conquer or To Die

50min

15th Jan 1992

This episode focuses on the life of Winston Churchill during the crisis years of 1940 and 1941 as England endured the Blitz of World War II.

Beginning of the End

3. Beginning of the End

50min

2nd Feb 1992

This episode focuses on the life of Winston Churchill from Jan. 1942 to the end of World War II. It includes the Yalta Conference with Roosevelt and Stalin.

Never Despair

4. Never Despair

50min

29th Mar 1992

This episode focuses on the life of Winston Churchill after the war, as he faces political defeat, re-election and is knighted by the Queen.

First air date

21st Oct 1991

Last air date

29th Mar 1992

Status

Returning Series

Type

Documentary

Original language

en

Networks