The First Churchills is a 1969 twelve-part BBC television serial starring John Neville as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and Susan Hampshire as his wife, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. Written and produced by Donald Wilson, and directed by David Giles, the series is notable as being the first programme shown on PBS's long-running Masterpiece series in the United States.
The chaste nymph
Bridals
Plot counter-plot
The lion and the unicorn
Rebellion
The protestant wind
Trial of strength
The queens command
Reconciliation
A famous victory
Breaking the circle
Not without honour
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