1969Drama0h 50m

The First Churchills

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.

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StatusEnded
Original Languageen
Network
BBC Two

Keywords

historical figurebased on memoir or autobiographyfamilybritish politics18th centuryhistorical drama17th centuryqueen anne

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BBC
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