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The First Churchills

6.8 IMDb tt0065292 1969 Drama

The First Churchills is a 1969 twelve-part BBC television serial starring John Neville as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and Susan Hampshire as his wife, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. Written and produced by Donald Wilson, and directed by David Giles, the series is notable as being the first programme shown on PBS's long-running Masterpiece series in the United States.

Cast

John Neville

Susan Hampshire

John Standing

Sheila Gish

The Chaste Nymph 50m At the court of Charles II, young John Churchill advances his career by serving the king’s bastard son,…

Bridals 50m In 1675 a masque was performed at the Court of Charles II at Whitehall. There the young soldier…

Plot Counter-Plot 50m John and Sarah have married. Lord Shaftesbury has threatened Charles with rebellion. To appease his Protestant Parliament, Charles…

The Lion and the Unicorn 50m The rage against Popery in England continues. James, Duke of Monmouth, has become the protégé of Shaftesbury who…

Rebellion 50m Charles has been forced to send James into exile and to dissolve his factious parliament at Oxford. The…

The Protestant Wind 50m Monmouth, the hope of the Protestant rebels, was defeated by John Churchill at Sedgemoor.

Trial of Strength 50m John Churchill owed much to James II. But the King was clearly determined to destroy the Protestant religion…

The Queens Command 50m William III, with Churchill's help, has defeated James' attempted invasion of Ireland. John has been suspected of treason…

Reconciliation 50m In an atmosphere of national panic John, falsely accused of Jacobite treachery, has been imprisoned for a time…

A Famous Victory 50m Before he died William III recognised Marlborough as his successor in the task of defeating France. With the…

Breaking the Circle 50m To save the Holy Roman Empire from French invasion Marlborough led his allied troops into Germany and defeated…

Not Without Honour 50m Marlborough continues his success in the war against France, but his prestige at home and with Anne has…

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