Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

His Own Funeral

Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax
S1 • E6    Oct 10, 1981    60m
George V dies. Churchill continues to rail against the government's failure to adequately prepare for war. Wigram grows increasingly despondent at the prospect of war when Hitler occupies the Rhineland. Sarah elopes to America with a Jewish musical hall comedian. When the new king gets embroiled in a dispute over his relationship with an American divorcée, Churchill champions his cause losing yet more popularity with house members.

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Cast of His Own Funeral

  • Robert HardyWinston Churchill
  • Eric PorterNeville Chamberlain
  • Peter BarkworthStanley Baldwin
  • Nigel HaversRandolph Churchill
  • Siân PhillipsClementine Churchill
  • Edward WoodwardSir Samuel Hoare
  • Peter Vaughan
  • Paul Freeman
  • Tim Pigott-SmithBrendan Bracken
  • David SwiftProfessor Lindemann
  • Sherrie HewsonMrs. Pearman
  • David QuilterWing-Commander Torr Anderson
  • Walter GotellLord Swinton
  • Patricia HodgeLady Londonderry
  • Nigel StockAdmiral Domvile
  • Ferdinand FairfaxDirector / Writer

 

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