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The First Churchills is a BBC serial from 1969 about the life of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and his wife, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. It stars John Neville as the duke and Susan Hampshire as the duchess, was written and produced by Donald Wilson, and was directed by David Giles.
- Period Drama
The First Churchills: With John Neville, Susan Hampshire, John Standing, Robert Robinson. The lives of John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, and his wife Sarah.
- (272)
- 1971-01-10
- Biography, Drama, History
- John Neville, Susan Hampshire, John Standing
The Queen continues her machinations against the Churchills and conspires to have documents forged implicating John Churchill in treason. He is soon arrested but fortunately still has friends who support him and realize that he is innocent.
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Season 1. Based on Sir Winston Churchill's biography of his own ancestors, The First Churchills launched Masterpiece Theatre. John Churchill and Sarah Jennings brought a rare example of fidelity and stability to the bawdy 17th-century court of Charles II. 137 IMDb 8.1 1971 12 episodes. TV-Y.
A Famous Victory: Directed by David Giles. With John Neville, Susan Hampshire, Margaret Tyzack, John Standing. With the death of her brother-in-law William III in 1702, Princess Anne becomes Queen. She becomes a popular monarch, even if there are many Jacobites in Parliament who feel that she is not the true monarch.
- (20)
- Biography, Drama, History
- David Giles
- 1971-03-14
The lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah, from their meeting in 1673 to the duke's death in 1722.
