Churchill's People: Series 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Pritan
Dec 30, 1974 · 50 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, 1975 · 50 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, 1975 · 49 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, 1975 · 54 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 hea
The Saxon Dusk
Jan 27, 1975 · 53 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
The Conquerors
Feb 3, 1975 · 53 min
1066-1070: Forest laws bring about a climax between the Saxons and the Normans.
A Sprig of Broom
Feb 10, 1975 · 53 min
1160: In Norman England a man could will his movables to his kin and friends but only the next heir could inherit his land paying the overlord for the privilege. When old William d
Silver Giant, Wooden Dwarf
Feb 17, 1975 · 53 min
1191: King John is brought to his knees and signs the Magna Carta.
On the Anvil
Feb 24, 1975 · 53 min
1265: A runaway peasant accidentally witnesses a meeting between King Henry III and his chief Baron Simon de Montfort. Their argument indicates that only by a confrontation of arms
The Wallace
Mar 3, 1975 · 53 min
March 1296: The story of William Wallace, a rough Lanarkshire knight who strikes a blow for Scottish liberty by destroying the town of Lanark and its English Sheriff. The vision an
Shouts & Murmurs
Mar 10, 1975 · 53 min
1381: Revolt in East Anglia when the peasants are pressed beyond endurance by taxes and misgovernment by inexperienced King Richard II. Bishop Henry is sent to quell the risings.
A Wilderness of Roses
Mar 17, 1975 · 53 min
1440: When Henry V died, the feudal families of England began to prey upon each other. Royal upstarts succeeded one another until the nation was divided into two factions, the Hous
The Whip of Heaven
Mar 24, 1975 · 51 min
1538: Hugh Goodrest, a Warwickshire Lawyer, returns to his home town of Hales Owen to find the nearby Abbey and its inmates under investigation by the King's Commissioner, Dr. Layt
A Rich & Beautiful Empire
Mar 31, 1975 · 53 min
1603-1618: Sir Walter Raleigh is tried on trumped-up charges of treason and imprisoned in the Tower. For 13 years he languishes in jail, still dreaming of a legendary Peruvian empi
America! America!
Apr 7, 1975 · 51 min
1610: A Puritan family in Nottinghamshire, hounded by King James I for their opposition to Anglican orthodoxy, go into unhappy exile in Holland and then decide to try the untried l
March On, Boys!
Apr 14, 1975 · 53 min
January 1640: King Charles I rallies his troops to fight the Roundheads and loses his head and kingdom for the trouble.
The Agreement of the People
Apr 21, 1975 · 53 min
Burford, 15 May 1649: The Puritan revolution has reached its climax. The soldiers' democracy is over and Cromwell takes his revenge.
A Bill of Mortality
Apr 28, 1975 · 49 min
1665: The Royalists return. But for John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, the Restoration means plague and despair.
The Derry Boys
May 5, 1975 · 51 min
1689: The Protestant settlement in Ulster pre-empts King William's offensive against the Irish Jacobites. In Londonderry the apprentice boys close the gates of the town against Jam
The Fine Art of Bubble Blowing
May 12, 1975 · 53 min
1720: Tom Mackenzie, a confidence trickster from Scotland, steals a certificate for £100 worth of South Sea Company stock. He uses this to gain the confidence of Mrs. Trundle, Jack
O Canada
May 19, 1975 · 52 min
1772: The MacAmney family are evicted from their highland homestead by the landlord to make way for sheep. Selling everything they own, they embark on a perilous sea journey to Can
The Liberty Tree
May 26, 1975 · 53 min
1775: An American judge who has settled in London reconstructs in an interview with a journalist his dispute with the radical Sam Adams, the Boston Massacre and the events which le
Mother India
Jun 2, 1975 · 52 min
1781: Jack Gable apprehensively embarks on a new career as a clerk with the East India Company in Bengal. Under aegis of the lively Jack Potts he meets some of the extraordinary ch
Mutiny
Jun 9, 1975 · 53 min
1797: The men of an ill-governed Royal Navy refuse to put their ships to sea. Aaron Graham, a London magistrate, is sent to investigate the circumstances leading up to the mutiny.
True Patriots All
Jun 16, 1975 · 50 min
1834: The Tolpuddle Martyrs are sent to Australia where a Tasmanian settler tries to get their service on his estates.
Death of Liberty
Jun 23, 1975 · 52 min
1819-1837: The story of the Cato Street Conspiracy, the plot of a radical political group to assassinate two Government ministers as a prelude to a general uprising.