The first Churchills / BBC-TV ; written and produced by Donald B. Wilson ; directed by David Giles.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 8626 | Acorn MediaAMP-8626 | Acorn MediaPublication details: [United States] : Acorn Media, [2013]Description: 3 videodiscs (approximately 532 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- 9781598286267
- 1598286269
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Adult DVD | Main Library | DVD | DRAMA First Ch | Available | 33111009049152 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Based on Sir Winston Churchill's biography of his ancestors, the first Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, this classic BBC miniseries is a tender love story played out amid the intrigues of the 17th-century English court. At a time when most marriages were made for money and position, Sarah Jennings and John Churchill married for love. This drama follows them from their budding romance in the bawdy court of King Charles II through five decades and five monarchs from the tumultuous House of Stuart.
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation, NTSC.
SDH subtitles.
Title from container and web page.
Susan Hampshire, John Neville, John Standing, Robert Robinson, Margaret Tyzack.
Originally broadcast as single episodes of a television mini-series in 1971.
Based on "Marlborough: His life and times" by Winston S. Churchill.
Not rated.
Based on Sir Winston Churchill's biography of his ancestors, the first Duke and Duchess of Marlborough, this classic BBC miniseries is a tender love story played out amid the intrigues of the 17th-century English court. At a time when most marriages were made for money and position, Sarah Jennings and John Churchill married for love. This drama follows them from their budding romance in the bawdy court of King Charles II through five decades and five monarchs from the tumultuous House of Stuart.