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BBC One 1974 - 1975 1 season 26 eps Ended

Churchill's People

1974 - 1975 1 season 26 eps

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Season 1

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Season 1

45 min

S1 · E1 · Dec 30, 1974

Pritan Episode 1

43 AD: Lucius is one of several Roman spies sent into the offshore island of Pritan, quietly to study the ground before plans for the invasion by Emperor Claudius.

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53 min

S1 · E2 · Jan 6, 1975

The Lost Island Episode 2

400 AD: Among the splendours of his palace at Eboricum (York), Roman British governor Tiberius Claudius broods on what he believes to be the end of the civilised world.

49 min

S1 · E3 · Jan 13, 1975

The Coming of the Cross Episode 3

654 AD: Two powerful adversaries face each other - Penda, pagan king of Mercia, and Oswy, Christian king of Northumbria.

54 min

S1 · E4 · Jan 20, 1975

The Great Alfred Episode 4

878 AD: King Alfred has suffered another defeat from the Danes and escapes through the Athelrey swamps to the safety of Odda's Hall. Disguised as a minstrel, Alfred enters the headquarters of the Viking invaders but his conversation with Chieftain Guthrum unsettles the Danes.

53 min

S1 · E5 · Jan 27, 1975

The Saxon Dusk Episode 5

1042: Godwin, Earl of Wessex, summons Edward from out of his exile in Normandy to wear the Crown of England. But the apparent security of Godwin's Anglo-Saxan policies is disrupted by Edward's partiality for a French connection and Rome-orientated religious tendencies.

52 min

S1 · E6 · Feb 3, 1975

The Conquerors Episode 6

1066-1070: Forest laws bring about a climax between the Saxons and the Normans.

53 min

S1 · E7 · Feb 10, 1975

A Sprig of Broom Episode 7

1160: In Norman England a man could will his movables to his kin and friends but only the next heir could inherit his land paying the overlord for the privilege. When old William de Secqueville dies he has two heirs - one is his daughter Mabel, by a disolved marriage, and the other is his nephew Richard. Egged on by his wife Maud, Richard pursues a dogged course through the courts of the new King Henry to prove Mabel illegitimate.

52 min

S1 · E8 · Feb 17, 1975

Silver Giant, Wooden Dwarf Episode 8

1191: King John is brought to his knees and signs the Magna Carta.

53 min

S1 · E9 · Feb 24, 1975

On the Anvil Episode 9

1265: A runaway peasant accidentally witnesses a meeting between King Henry III and his chief Baron Simon de Montfort. Their argument indicates that only by a confrontation of arms between the monarch and his noble will their differences be settled. The paths of Earl Simon and Ranulf cross again at the battle of Leves where the King is defeated by Simon's forces.

53 min

S1 · E10 · Mar 3, 1975

The Wallace Episode 10

March 1296: The story of William Wallace, a rough Lanarkshire knight who strikes a blow for Scottish liberty by destroying the town of Lanark and its English Sheriff. The vision and zeal of Wallace rallies the dispirited commons of Scotland and the English are defeated at the battle of Stirling Bridge, but King Edward I takes charge of the retaliation which follows.

53 min

S1 · E11 · Mar 10, 1975

Shouts & Murmurs Episode 11

1381: Revolt in East Anglia when the peasants are pressed beyond endurance by taxes and misgovernment by inexperienced King Richard II. Bishop Henry is sent to quell the risings.

52 min

S1 · E12 · Mar 17, 1975

A Wilderness of Roses Episode 12

1440: When Henry V died, the feudal families of England began to prey upon each other. Royal upstarts succeeded one another until the nation was divided into two factions, the House of York and the House of Lancaster.

51 min

S1 · E13 · Mar 24, 1975

The Whip of Heaven Episode 13

1538: Hugh Goodrest, a Warwickshire Lawyer, returns to his home town of Hales Owen to find the nearby Abbey and its inmates under investigation by the King's Commissioner, Dr. Layton. Rumours of monastic dissolution have reached the townspeople and they are apprehensive because the abbey is the centre of their lives.

53 min

S1 · E14 · Mar 31, 1975

A Rich & Beautiful Empire Episode 14

1603-1618: Sir Walter Raleigh is tried on trumped-up charges of treason and imprisoned in the Tower. For 13 years he languishes in jail, still dreaming of a legendary Peruvian empire, its treasure, and its king. King James is finally forced to release the old man and send him to Guiana to bring back the gold he has so often talked about.

51 min

S1 · E15 · Apr 7, 1975

America! America! Episode 15

1610: A Puritan family in Nottinghamshire, hounded by King James I for their opposition to Anglican orthodoxy, go into unhappy exile in Holland and then decide to try the untried land of America.

53 min

S1 · E16 · Apr 14, 1975

March On, Boys! Episode 16

January 1640: King Charles I rallies his troops to fight the Roundheads and loses his head and kingdom for the trouble.

53 min

S1 · E17 · Apr 21, 1975

The Agreement of the People Episode 17

Burford, 15 May 1649: The Puritan revolution has reached its climax. The soldiers' democracy is over and Cromwell takes his revenge.

48 min

S1 · E18 · Apr 28, 1975

A Bill of Mortality Episode 18

1665: The Royalists return. But for John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, the Restoration means plague and despair.

51 min

S1 · E19 · May 5, 1975

The Derry Boys Episode 19

1689: The Protestant settlement in Ulster pre-empts King William's offensive against the Irish Jacobites. In Londonderry the apprentice boys close the gates of the town against James's troops, beginning a siege that is to cause appalling privations to its citizens.

53 min

S1 · E20 · May 12, 1975

The Fine Art of Bubble Blowing Episode 20

1720: Tom Mackenzie, a confidence trickster from Scotland, steals a certificate for £100 worth of South Sea Company stock. He uses this to gain the confidence of Mrs. Trundle, Jack Plaster and other Southwark villains and together they set up a company known as Universal Improvements Ltd. Working on the gullibility of rich and poor alike they issue shares in innumerable bogus companies for fantastic and improbable schemes. The craze escalates until even the Government and Royal Family are involved and a crash is inevitable.

52 min

S1 · E21 · May 19, 1975

O Canada Episode 21

1772: The MacAmney family are evicted from their highland homestead by the landlord to make way for sheep. Selling everything they own, they embark on a perilous sea journey to Canada.

51 min

S1 · E22 · May 26, 1975

The Liberty Tree Episode 22

1775: An American judge who has settled in London reconstructs in an interview with a journalist his dispute with the radical Sam Adams, the Boston Massacre and the events which led to the Boston Tea Party.

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52 min

S1 · E23 · Jun 2, 1975

Mother India Episode 23

1781: Jack Gable apprehensively embarks on a new career as a clerk with the East India Company in Bengal. Under aegis of the lively Jack Potts he meets some of the extraordinary characters of Calcutta society. Then, Bob, already too involved in the customary intrigue and corruption is posted up-country, leaving Jack his house, his servants and his enormous debts. In desperation Jack is forced to seek the aid of the Governor Warren Hastings.

53 min

S1 · E24 · Jun 9, 1975

Mutiny Episode 24

1797: The men of an ill-governed Royal Navy refuse to put their ships to sea. Aaron Graham, a London magistrate, is sent to investigate the circumstances leading up to the mutiny. His search leads him to dark taverns and stinking docks. His findings bear out the general disaffection. But this is not to the liking of the Government.

50 min

S1 · E25 · Jun 16, 1975

True Patriots All Episode 25

1834: The Tolpuddle Martyrs are sent to Australia where a Tasmanian settler tries to get their service on his estates.

52 min

S1 · E26 · Jun 23, 1975

Death of Liberty Episode 26

1819-1837: The story of the Cato Street Conspiracy, the plot of a radical political group to assassinate two Government ministers as a prelude to a general uprising.

26 episodes in Season 1

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