THE FIRST CHURCHILLS

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• Release Year: 1969
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: A tender love story played out amid the intrigues of the English court.; ; At a time when most marriages were motivated by money and position, Sarah Jennings and John Churchill married for love. Their union lasted through long lives spent at the epicenter of political power in 17th- and 18th-century England. He was a military genius who never lost a battle; she was the intimate friend of a queen.; ; Based on Sir Winston Churchill's biography of his ancestors, the first Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, this addictive BBC drama follows the couple from their budding romance in the bawdy court of King Charles II through five tumultuous decades and five tumultuous decades and five Stuart monarchs. Starring John Neville (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The X-Files) and Susan Hampshire (Monarch of the Glen, The Pallisers) in an Emmy®-winning performance, this classic miniseries helped establish Masterpiece Theatre as the venue for acclaimed British productions.
• Cast: John Neville, Susan Hampshire, John Standing, Robert Robinson, Margaret Tyzack, Roger Mutton, John Ringham, Alan Rowe, John Westbrook, James Kerry, Lisa Daniely, Michael Culver, Job Stewart, James Villiers, Jill Balcon, Polly Adams, Sheila Gish, Arthur Pentelow, John Humphry, John Tordoff, Richard Pearson, Kay Patrick, Austin Trevor, Yvonne Antrobus, Richard Warwick, Robert Mill, David King, Kenneth Ives, Roger Booth, William Job, Bernard Taylor, Barry Wade, Michael Attwell, Holly Wilson, Daphne Heard, Frederick Peisley, Lillias Walker, David March, Roger Hammond, John Saunders, Alan Lee, Moira Redmond, Pamela Ann Davy, Colin Bean, Bruce Purchase, John Carlin, John Rapley, George Merritt, Robert Aldous, Pauline Loring, John Lynch, Charles West, Gordon Whiting, Maureen Morris, Edward Dentith, Peter Morton, Graham Armitage, Kevin Stoney, Raymond Hardy, Freddie Wilson, John Rye, Nicholas Smith, Consuela Chapman, Davyd Harries, Derek Cox, John Dane, Michael Rothwell, Avril Sheridan, John White, Julian D'Albie, Cynthia Etherington, Daniel Thorndike, John Graham, Jenny McCracken, David Neal, Brigit Paul, Glenn Williams, Verina Greenlaw, Milton Johns, Graham Leaman, Hugh Martin, Walter Swash, Francis Wallis, Andrea Lawrence, Douglas Milvain, Vivienne Moore, Lesley Roach, Peter Whitaker, Marcia Bennett, Steve Emerson, Walter Henry, Rosina Stewart, Cameron Miller, Clifford Parrish, Michael Reynolds, John Spradbury, Norman Atkyns, Christopher Gray, Guy Standeven, David Brook, Brian Harrison, Walter Horsbrugh, David Strong, Donald Sumpter, Robert Davis, Clive Cazes, Fred McNaughton, Brian Justice, Gordon Pitt, Derek Ware, Mike Horsburgh, Derek Martin, Billy Horrigan, Max Faulkner, Roy Street, Valentino Musetti, David Giles, Winston Churchill, Donald B. Wilson
• Director: David Giles
• Runtime: 8:52
• Company: Acorn Media Group, Inc., British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), RLJ Entertainment, Inc.
• Media Format: Series