Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years

Details

Release year: 1960

Storyline

No plot available.

Top credits

Awards

2 wins & 1 nomination

Did you know

• Hollywood producer Edgar Peterson asked Patrick Macnee to produce the British end of the project. At first Macnee only served as the head of the London production staff and conducted interviews with various military people who had worked with Churchill. But when Peterson was fired, Macnee suddenly found himself in charge and was tasked to hire a new director. Patrick immediately contacted his next door neighbor, John Schlesinger. Macnee left the production when he was offered to co-star in The Avengers (1961) and a pay rise from 50 pounds a week to 150 pounds.

• The Valient Years series was in re-runs on NBC in 1963. On the early afternoon of Friday, November 22, the show was interrupted by NBC newscaster Chet Huntley and then sustained mostly by Frank McGee to provide non-stop coverage of the Kennedy assassination.

• Laurence Olivier was originally approached to read the words of Winston Churchill. His fee was too high (100,000 Pounds), so Richard Burton got the job (for 10.000 Pounds).

Episodes

27 episodes – 1 seasons

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Technical specs

Sound mix

Mono

Aspect ratio

1.33 : 1

Color

Black and White