Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Ferdinand Fairfax, William Humble |
| Directed by | Ferdinand Fairfax |
| Starring |
Robert Hardy Siân Phillips Nigel Havers Tim Pigott-Smith Eric Porter |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Mark Shivas |
| Producer(s) | Richard Broke |
| Production company(s) | Southern Television |
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| Original network | ITV |
| Original release | 6 September – 25 October 1981 |
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 1930s. It was made by Southern Television on a budget of £3¼ million and originally broadcast on ITV on Sunday nights at 10 pm. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax, with historian Martin Gilbert as co-writer. Churchill was played by Robert Hardy.
Hardy's performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA nomination in 1982. Eric Porter as Neville Chamberlain also received praise. The series was nominated for a total of 8 BAFTA awards, namely:
Hardy also portrayed Churchill in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.
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