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.
1 season · 26 episodes
Pritan
Dec 30, 197450 min
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.
The Lost Island
Jan 6, 197550 min
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.
The Coming of the Cross
Jan 13, 197549 min
654 AD: Two powerful adversaries face each other - Penda, pagan king of Mercia, and Oswy, Christian king of Northumbria.
The Great Alfred
Jan 20, 197554 min
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 C
The Saxon Dusk
Jan 27, 197553 min
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-ori
The Conquerors
Feb 3, 197553 min
1066-1070: Forest laws bring about a climax between the Saxons and the Normans.
Geoffrey Matthews
Ealdred, Archbishop of York
Mark Donaldson
William I
Daniel Brian
King Charles I
Doug Wootton
Minstrel
Alfred Lynch
King James I
Geoffrey Beevers
(voice)
Bernard Hepton
Oliver Cromwell
Jeremy Kemp
Lucius
Bernard Archard
Felix
Frederick Jaeger
Caradoc
Christopher Reich
Cynhafal
William Marlowe
Adhmin
