Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

The Flying Peril

Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax
S1 • E5    Oct 3, 1981    60m
Churchill sounds the alarm in the House of Commons that Germany is re-arming and that Britain is falling behind in the race for air superiority. Meanhwile Randolph Churchill backs several ill-advised candidates and Clementine goes traveling and meets another man. When Germany's air superiority becomes public the MacDonald government falls and Churchill works in the general election to return the conservatives to power. Although they are successful, Churchill is once again passed over for a cabinet position.

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Cast of The Flying Peril

  • Robert HardyWinston Churchill
  • Eric PorterNeville Chamberlain
  • Peter BarkworthStanley Baldwin
  • Nigel HaversRandolph Churchill
  • Siân PhillipsClementine Churchill
  • Edward WoodwardSir Samuel Hoare
  • Paul Freeman
  • Tim Pigott-SmithBrendan Bracken
  • Sherrie HewsonMrs. Pearman
  • David SwiftProfessor Lindemann
  • Christopher BenjaminAir Ministry Official
  • Robert JamesRamsay Macdonald (uncredited)
  • Ferdinand FairfaxDirector / Writer

 

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