Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
The Valiant Years was a documentary produced by ABC based on the memoirs of Winston Churchill, directed by Anthony Bushell and John Schlesinger, narrated by Gary Merrill and with extracts from the memoirs voiced by Richard Burton. It ran in the United States from 1960 to 1961, in 27 30-minute episodes and was broadcast in the UK by the BBC from February to August 1961. Its incidental music was written by Richard Rodgers, who won an Emmy for it in 1962. Scriptwriters included Victor Wolfson a dramatist and writer, Quentin Reynolds, William L. Shirer an American journalist, war correspondent and historian, and Richard Tregaskis. One of the program's London-based producers was actor Patrick Macnee, just prior to his being cast as secret agent John Steed in the long-running cult TV series The Avengers.,
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The Valiant Years was a documentary produced by ABC based on the memoirs of Winston Churchill, directed by Anthony Bushell and John Schlesinger, narrated by Gary Merrill and with extracts from the memoirs voiced by Richard Burton. It ran in the United States from 1960 to 1961, in 27 30-minute episodes and was broadcast in the UK by the BBC from February to August 1961.[
- Ep 1
1.The Gathering Storm
27-11-196030 min - Ep 2
2.Combat Deepens
04-12-196030 min - Ep 3
3.Dunkirk
11-12-1960 - Ep 4
4.French Agony
08-01-1961 - Ep 5
5.Take One with You
15-01-1961 - Ep 6
6.The Ravens Remain
22-01-1961 - Ep 7
7.Struggle at Sea
29-01-1961 - Ep 8
8.Hinge of Fate
05-02-1961 - Ep 9
9.Alone no More
12-02-1961 - Ep 10
10.Out of the East
19-02-1961 - Ep 11
11.The Torch is Lit
26-02-1961 - Ep 12
12.Sand and Snow
05-03-1961 - Ep 13
13.Strike Hard, Strike Home!
12-03-1961 - Ep 14
14.Closing the Ring
19-03-1961 - Ep 15
15.Be Sure you Win
26-03-1961 - Ep 16
16.Turning of the Tide
02-04-1961 - Ep 17
17.The Die is Cast
09-04-1961 - Ep 18
18.D-Day
16-04-1961 - Ep 19
19.Europe Set Ablaze
23-04-1961 - Ep 20
20.Triumph in France
30-04-1961 - Ep 21
21.Beginning of the End
07-05-1961 - Ep 22
22.Final Christmas
14-05-1961 - Ep 23
23.Yalta
21-05-1961 - Ep 24
24.Tying the Knot
28-05-1961 - Ep 25
25.Götterdämmerung
04-06-1961 - Ep 26
26.Goodbye, Mr Churchill
11-06-1961 - Ep 27
27.The Will to Victory
18-06-1961
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