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“Churchill: The Wilderness Years”: Winston is Back, 1939
08
Jul
2016
1
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Episode 8 of "The Wilderness Years" captures a dramatic scene from Churchill’s memoirs. Chamberlain, he wrote, “had scarcely ceased speaking when a strange, prolonged, wailing noise, afterwards to become familiar, broke upon the ear. My wife came into the room braced by the crisis [and] we made our way to the shelter assigned to us, armed with a bottle of brandy and other appropriate medical comforts.” There, to his astonishment, Churchill is cheered by Londoners.
“Churchill: The Wilderness Years”: Dismal Repetition of History
01
Jul
2016
“Churchill: The Wilderness Years”: Threat from the Air, 1935
22
Jun
2016
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Flying Peril: The threat of a German air force superior to Britain’s, denied for years by British leaders, proved only too true. This fifth episode of “The Wilderness Years” introduces two of the people who, at the risk of their careers, provided Churchill with secret information on German rearmament.
“Churchill: The Wilderness Years”: Meeting Hitler, 1932
16
Jun
2016
1
Churchill and His Autumn Years: Ways to Live a Long life
09
Jul
2020
1
By DANIEL F. HARRINGTON
The “golden years” are not always golden, but Winston Churchill’s long life offers perspective and encouragement to those of “a certain age.”
Churchill in Film and Video: Part 1, Dramatizations
23
Feb
2024
1
By GWEN THOMPSON, DAVE TURRELL, AND RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Churchill bio-films began well and generally of high quality for decades. Four of the all-time classics appeared early: “Young Winston” (1972), “The Wilderness Years” “The Gathering Storm” and “Jennie” (1974), and “The Wilderness Years” (1981). A long, mixed spell ensued, though there were many honorable mentions. In 2018, Garry Oldman starred in another superb production, “Darkest Hour,” proving that there is hope yet.
Great Contemporaries: Ralph Wigram and His Death
02
Nov
2015
2
By THE CHURCHILL PROJECT
Ever since the producers of “The Wilderness Years” television documentary (1982) took liberties by suggesting that Wigram was a suicide, it has been broadly accepted as fact. Indeed recently another myth was layered on to this one: that Wigram’s parents didn’t attend his funeral in Sussex because suicide was proscribed by the Church.
Churchill in Film and Video: Part 2, Documentary Productions
12
Mar
2024
1
By GWEN THOMPSON, DAVE TURRELL AND RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Part 1 of “Churchill in Film and Video” comprised dramatizations—fiction based on Churchill’s life. Part 2 presents documentary productions. Both compilations constitute a work on progress, subject to amendment and addition. Comments or corrections are most welcome.
We have linked films available on the Internet. For others, check streaming video suppliers such as Netflix.
Who Really “Shaped” Winston Churchill?
09
Feb
2024
By MICHAEL MCMENAMIN
“Mirrors of Greatness” mainly substitutes figures Churchill interacted with for those who actually shaped him. Where are the people who really influenced Churchill before he was “firmly set” in his character—in his mid-twenties? Besides Bourke Cockran, whom he revered all his life, where are Elizabeth Everest, Lady Randolph Churchill, Pamela Plowden, John Morley, Bindon Blood and Bishop James Welldon? None are included.
Great Contemporaries: The Three Lives of Churchill’s Hitler Essays
03
Jan
2024
By RICHARD M. LANGWORTH
Did Churchill ever admire Hitler? The question, ridiculous on its face, is frequently asked. Critics have long quoted selectively from Churchill to show he was “for Hitler before he was against him.” In fact, Churchill never deviated in his view of Hitler, who was himself so infuriated that he lodged a diplomatic protest against Churchill’s “personal attack.”
Classic Letters Bracket the Churchill Saga, 1883 to 1964
21
Nov
2023
By WILLIAM JOHN SHEPHERD
"Letters for the Ages" includes correspondence between Churchill and his family, friends and colleagues. In no way do the authors seek to encapsulate the official eight-volume Official Biography, or the twenty-three volumes of Churchill Documents. Instead these carefully edited personal letters reveal the unvarnished thought of the authentic and complex Churchill. He was utterly devoid of the artifice of modern media manipulators.
The Churchill Day Book for 1935
09
Nov
2023
By WILLIAM JOHN SHEPHERD
“Never must we despair, never must we give in, but...the policy of detachment or isolation, about which we have heard so much and which in many ways is so attractive, is no longer open. If we were to turn our backs upon Europe, thereby alienating every friend, we should by disinteresting ourselves in their fate invite them to disinterest themselves in ours.” —WSC, 2 May 1935