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TV series / 1974
Churchill's People
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.
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Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.
Cast
Geoffrey MatthewsEaldred, Archbishop of York
Mark DonaldsonWilliam I · William, Duke of Normandy
Daniel BrianWilfred · King Charles I
Doug WoottonMinstrel · The City Waites
Alfred LynchKing James I
Geoffrey Beevers(voice) · Philip
Bernard HeptonOliver Cromwell
Jeremy KempLucius
Bernard ArchardFelix
Frederick JaegerCaradoc
Christopher ReichCynhafal
William MarloweAdhmin
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Paul DarrowMarcellus
Claire DavenportBoudicca
Joan RhodesCartimandua
Victor LucasEpatticus
Michael BrennanBrigantian Chieftan
John AtkinsonChief Druid
Ryan DaviesChief Bard
Michelle ScottRefugee Woman
Richard JohnsonTiberius Claudius
Arthur LoweEpillicus
Sheila BrennanJulia
Donald GeeRufus
Paul CopleyViventius
William Morgan SheppardSabinianus
Ian FairbairnJustinianus
John SharpValerius
David ProwseHnaudifida
Lewis FianderFelicio
Helen DorwardPlacida
Brian DeaconFlavius
Karan DavidVerecunda
Chris DillingerLucco
Jessica SwiftRegina
Michael Da CostaSlave Seller
Roland CurramSlave Buyer
Leo McKernKing Penda
Robert HardyKing Oswy
Eric LanderThe General
Esmond KnightPenda's Father
Edward WilsonBenet
Jim NortonCuthbert
Denys HawthorneThe Confessor
Michael NightingaleThe Abbot
Robert EastEdwin
John GolightlyEdwin's Thegn
Alex ScottPaulinus
Oliver MaguireAidan
Luke BatchelorYoung Bede
Philip JacksonBoatman
David RobbPenda's Thegn
George RomanovInterpreter
Harry WebsterSaxon Priest
Alan HowardKing Alfred
Anna MasseyQueen Ealhswith
Brian BlessedGuthrum
Evin CrowleyFat Legs
Daphne HeardOld Woman
Patrick StewartWulfric
William SimonsHair Face
John Franklyn-RobbinsOlaf
Kevin StoneyOdda
Geoffrey HinsliffSaxon Soldier
Colin StarkeySaxon Soldier
Sherrie HewsonGirl
Peter CloughMonk
John WoodEdward the Confessor
Norman RodwayEarl Godwin
Dennis WatermanKing Harold II
Robert Langdon LloydTostig
Jan HarveyEdith
Richard DennisSweyn
Stephen BentGyrth
Anthony CollinStigand, Bishop of Winchester
Richard PescudRobert, Archbishop of Canterbury
Kevin FloodUlf
Keith CampbellAstrologer
Joe GladwinBlind Man
David CharkhamThane
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