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The first Churchills [videorecording (DVD)].

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Acorn Media, 2013.

Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722 -- Drama.

Marlborough, Sarah Jennings Churchill, Duchess of, 1660-1744 -- Drama.

Churchill family -- Drama.

Great Britain -- History -- Stuarts, 1603-1714 -- Drama.

Video Difference legacy collection.

9781569387207 (4-Disc ed.)

9781598286267 (3-Disc ed.)

[videorecording (DVD)].

3 (or 4) videodiscs (ca. 533 min.) : Dolby Digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the biography by Winston Churchill.

Contains all 12 episodes of the complete TV period drama series originally broadcast by BBC1 in 1969.

Special features: Exclusive interview with Susan Hampshire ; photo gallery ; cast filmographies; full-color insert with a sampling of the real love letters of Sarah and John Churchil ; glossary of historical figures and terms ; House of Stuart family tree.

Full screen presentation.

Produced and written by Donald Wilson ; directed by David Giles ; production designer, Spencer Chapman.

Susan Hampshire, John Neville, James Villiers, John Westbrook, John Standing, Margaret Tyzack, Frederick Peisley, Job Stewart and Alan Rowe.

"At a time when most marriages were made of money and position, Sarah Jennings and John Churchill married for love. And their love lasted throughout their long lives spent at the epicenter of political power in England. He was a military genius who never lost a battle. She was the intimate friend of a princess who later became queen. This addictive 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. 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. The popularity of The First Churchills helped establish Masterpiece Theater as a venue for classic British drama. Starring John Neville (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen) as John Churchill with Susan Hampshire (Monarch of the Glen, The Pallisers) in an Emmy-Award winning performance as the tempestuous Sarah."--Container.

Biographical television programs.

Historical television programs.

Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. Marlborough, his life and times.

Wilson, Donald, 1910-2002.

Hampshire, Susan, 1942-

Neville, John, 1925-

Villiers, James, 1933-1998.

Westbrook, John, 1922-

Standing, John, 1934-

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