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Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years

★ 8.8 138 votes 1960–1963 1 season · 26 episodes Ended ABC
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Starring
Gary MerrillRichard BurtonRita Webb
Starring
Gary MerrillRichard BurtonRita Webb
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
06131925

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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. 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.[
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Gathering Storm9.9
2330 min
▶2Combat Deepens9.4
2330 min
▶3Dunkirk9.4
2330 min
▶4French Agony9.8
2230 min
▶5Take One with You9.8
2230 min
▶6The Ravens Remain9.8
2230 min
▶7Struggle at Sea9.8
2230 min
▶8Hinge of Fate9.8
2230 min
▶9Alone No More9.4
2330 min
▶10Out of the East9.8
2230 min
▶11The Torch Is Lit9.8
2230 min
▶12Sand and Snow9.8
2230 min
▶13Strike Hard, Strike Home!9.8
2230 min
▶14Closing the Ring9.4
2330 min
▶15Be Sure You Win9.4
2330 min
▶16Turning of the Tide9.8
2230 min
▶17The Die Is Cast9.8
2230 min
▶18D-Day9.4
2430 min
▶19Set Europe Ablaze9.8
2230 min
▶20Triumph in France9.8
2230 min
▶21Beginning of the End9.4
2330 min
▶22Final Christmas9.8
2430 min
▶23Yalta9.8
2230 min
▶24Tying the Knot9.8
2230 min
▶25Gotterdammerung9.8
2230 min
▶26Goodbye, Mr. Churchill9.8
2230 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Gary Merrill Narrator, Self - Narrator
Richard Burton Winston Churchill
Rita Webb Housewife
Omar N. Bradley Self
Maxwell Taylor Self

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