Churchill's People (1974)

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.

Churchill's People

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Geoffrey Matthews

Geoffrey Matthews

as Ealdred, Archbishop of York

as William I as William, Duke of Normandy

as Wilfred as King Charles I

as The City Waites as Minstrel

as King James I

Geoffrey Beevers

Geoffrey Beevers

as (voice) as Philip

as Oliver Cromwell

Bernard Archard

Bernard Archard

Frederick Jaeger

Frederick Jaeger

Christopher Reich

Christopher Reich

William Marlowe

William Marlowe

Claire Davenport

Claire Davenport

Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

as Brigantian Chieftan

as Refugee Woman

Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

as Tiberius Claudius

William Morgan Sheppard

William Morgan Sheppard

Chris Dillinger

Chris Dillinger

Michael Da Costa

Michael Da Costa

as Slave Seller

as Penda's Father

Denys Hawthorne

Denys Hawthorne

as The Confessor

Michael Nightingale

Michael Nightingale

as Edwin's Thegn

as Penda's Thegn

as Saxon Priest

as Queen Ealhswith

Patrick Stewart

Patrick Stewart

John Franklyn-Robbins

John Franklyn-Robbins

Geoffrey Hinsliff

Geoffrey Hinsliff

as Saxon Soldier

as Saxon Soldier

as Edward the Confessor

Dennis Waterman

Dennis Waterman

as King Harold II

Robert Langdon Lloyd

Robert Langdon Lloyd

as Stigand, Bishop of Winchester

as Robert, Archbishop of Canterbury

Christopher Banks

Christopher Banks

Angela Pleasence

Angela Pleasence

Rosalie Crutchley

Rosalie Crutchley

Chris Tranchell

Chris Tranchell

as Geoffrey de Keynes

as Richard de Anstey

as King Henry II

as Maud de Anstey

Elizabeth Sellars

Elizabeth Sellars

as John Freeman

as Richard de Lucy

as Terric Bolloc

Dinsdale Landen

Dinsdale Landen

as William the Ewerer

Kenneth Griffith

Kenneth Griffith

Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

as Peter of Pomfret

as Louis the Bathman

as Richard Lionheart

as Norman man-at-arms

as English man-at-arms

as Master Marshall

as Head Constable

as Assistant Constable

as King Henry III

as Simon de Montfort

as Eleanor de Montfort

Richard O'Callaghan

Richard O'Callaghan

Christopher Benjamin

Christopher Benjamin

as Prince Edward

Frederick Treves

Frederick Treves

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff

as William Wallace

as King Edward I

as Bishop Wishart

as Earl of Surrey

as Steward of Scotland

as Hugh de Cressingham

Trader Faulkner

Trader Faulkner

as Sir Peter Malory

as Sir Andrew of Moray

as Queen Margaret

Michael McKevitt

Michael McKevitt

as Robert Bruce

as William de Ormesby

as Ballad Singer

Michael Jayston

Michael Jayston

as Henry, Bishop of Norwich

as John Bradwater

Gabrielle Lloyd

Gabrielle Lloyd

as Alice Bradwater

Gordon Gostelow

Gordon Gostelow

as Roger de Harleston

as Richard Murlyn

Geoffrey Staines

Geoffrey Staines

Bernadette Windsor

Bernadette Windsor

Winifred Sabine

Winifred Sabine

as Margaret Paston

as William Paston

as Agnes Paston

Terrence Hardiman

Terrence Hardiman

as Richard Calle

Valerie Holliman

Valerie Holliman

as Margery Paston

as John Mauteby

Marcelle Samett

Marcelle Samett

as Margaret Mauteby

as Lord Moleyns

as Judge Yelverton

as Sir John Fastolfe

John Normington

John Normington

as Friar Brackley

Anthony Langdon

Anthony Langdon

as Walter Paston

as Edmund Paston

as Sir Thomas Howes

Preston Lockwood

Preston Lockwood

as Father Gloys

as Court Officer

as Hugh Goodrest

as Abbot William

as Ann Goodrest

as Sir John Dudley

as Brother Martin

Douglas Milvain

Douglas Milvain

as Brother Francis

as Brother Samson

as Brother Paul

as Sir Walter Raleigh

as Laurence Kemys

as Sir Francis Bacon

as Sir Robert Cecil

as Sir George Carew

as George Villiers

Graham Armitage

Graham Armitage

as Lord Henry Howard

as Lady Elizabeth

Robert Gillespie

Robert Gillespie

as Sir William Wade

as Chief Justice Popham

as Count Gondomar

as Sir James Hay

as Harry, the Indian

as William Brewster

as Wrastle Brewster

as Mary Brewster

as Love Brewster

as William Bradford

as John Robinson

as Stephen Hopkins

as Captain Jones

as Thomas Weston

as Church Commissioner

as Anna Guggenhoff

Harold Innocent

Harold Innocent

as Archbishiop Bancroft

as Brewster child

as Brewster child

as Brewster child

as Brewster child

as William Davenant

Annette Crosbie

Annette Crosbie

as Elizabeth Rush

as Earl of Strafford

as Sir Jacob Astley

as Archbishop Laud

as Charles, Prince of Wales

as Queen Henrietta Maria

as Italian Priest

as Sir Thomas Fairfax

as Colonel John Hewson

as Cornet Henry Denne

Raymond Adamson

Raymond Adamson

as Colonel Adrian Scroope

as Colonel Thomas Harrison

as Colonel John Okey

as Trooper John Cantloe

Graham Faulkner

Graham Faulkner

as Trooper John Watkinson

as QM Miles Sindercombe

as Corporal Thomas Perkins

as Trooper Anthony Sedley

as Trooper Thomas Atkins

Andrew McCulloch

Andrew McCulloch

as Trooper William Doegood

as Trooper John Bishop

as Trooper John Roper

as Trooper John Steel

Christopher Cregan

Christopher Cregan

as Trooper Matthew Brown

Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen

as John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

as King Charles II

as Anne, Lady Rochester

as Barbara, Countess of Castlemaine

Rhys McConnochie

Rhys McConnochie

as Reverend Robert Parsons

as Deborah Gedge

as Mr Chiffinch

as The Honorable Robert Boyle

as Sir Wiliam Petty

as Prince Rupert

as Christopher Wren

as Robert Hooke, MA

Maurice Colbourne

Maurice Colbourne

as George Campsie

as Alice Campsie

William Hamilton

William Hamilton

as Henry Campsie

Jean Taylor Smith

Jean Taylor Smith

as Nellie Falls

as Colonel Michelburn

as Rev Dr Walker

as Captain Thomas Ashe

Patrick McAlinney

Patrick McAlinney

as Alderman Tomkins

Alastair Hunter

Alastair Hunter

as Alderman Irwin

as Dr Ezekiel Hopkins

Stanley McGeagh

Stanley McGeagh

as Harry Corlett

Allan McClelland

Allan McClelland

Phyllis MacMahon

Phyllis MacMahon

as Mrs Cunyngham

as Hopkins' Secretary

as Tom Mackenzie

as Jack Plaster

as Charlie Scrape

as Barnaby Stickle

as Robert Walpole

Gretchen Franklin

Gretchen Franklin

Deirdre Costello

Deirdre Costello

as Virgin Maggie

as Reverend Cheshire

as Lord Grabble

as John Gudgeon

as Lucy Gudgeon

as Ancient Beau

Roger Lloyd Pack

Roger Lloyd Pack

as Donald MacAmnay

Craig McFarlane

Craig McFarlane

as Jamie MacAmnay

Charlie Stewart

Charlie Stewart

as Grandfather MacAmnay

Lawrence Douglas

Lawrence Douglas

as Angus MacAmnay

as Katherine MacAmnay

as Captain Smythe

as Captain Johnson

as Margaret MacAmnay

Katherine Stark

Katherine Stark

as Mrs MacDonnell

as Mrs Chisholme

as Thomas Partridge

as Anna Partridge

Geoffrey Palmer

Geoffrey Palmer

as Samuel Partridge

Thomas Heathcote

Thomas Heathcote

as Stephen Cleverley

Jennie Goossens

Jennie Goossens

as Sarah Partridge

Richard Beaumont

Richard Beaumont

Julian Fellowes

Julian Fellowes

Christopher Gable

Christopher Gable

as Jack Cleveland

as Lady Cleveland

Michael Barrington

Michael Barrington

as General Barker

as Warren Hastings

Margery Withers

Margery Withers

as John MacPherson

Declan Mulholland

Declan Mulholland

as Augustus Hicky

as Amelia Wrangham

as Asof-ud-Daulah

as Richard Sykes

as Phineas Hall

Geoffrey Bayldon

Geoffrey Bayldon

as Aaron Graham

as Duke of Portland

as Valentine Joyce

as Vice-Admiral Buckner

as Earl Spencer

as Richard Parker

Jacqueline Pearce

Jacqueline Pearce

as Leo Hennessey

as George Loveless

as James Loveless

as Betsy Loveless

as Sarah Loveless

as Augustus Lamb

as William de Gillern

Barbara Hickmott

Barbara Hickmott

as Harriet Hammett

as James Hammett

as Thomas Standfield

as John Standfield

as King William IV

Jeanne Starbuck

Jeanne Starbuck

as Queen Adelaide

Audrey Leybourne

Audrey Leybourne

as Dinniah Standfield

as Daniel O'Connell

as Lord Sidmouth

as Lord Castlereagh

Terence Conoley

Terence Conoley

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Seasons

Season 1

Series 1

Episodes season 1

1x1

Pritan
1x2

The lost island
1x3

The coming of the cross
1x4

The great alfred
1x5

The saxon dusk
1x6

The conquerors
1x7

A sprig of broom
1x8

Silver giant, wooden dwarf
1x9

On the anvil
1x10

The wallace
1x11

Shouts & murmurs
1x12

A wilderness of roses
1x13

The whip of heaven
1x14

A rich & beautiful empire
1x15

America! america!
1x16

March on, boys!
1x17

The agreement of the people
1x18

A bill of mortality
1x19

The derry boys
1x20

The fine art of bubble blowing
1x21

O canada
1x22

The liberty tree
1x23

Mother india
1x24

Mutiny
1x25

True patriots all
1x26

Death of liberty

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