"Churchill" (2003) TV series 2003-

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

October 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot Keywords:

Reenactment | Character Name In Title

Cast

Ian McKellen

(1 episode, 2003)

Series Directed by
Lucy Carter		(3 episodes, 2003)

Series Produced by
Fred Challa	....	line producer (3 episodes, 2003)

Series Original Music by
Chris Elliott		(3 episodes, 2003)

Series Cinematography by
David Marsh		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Stephen Moore		(3 episodes, 2003)

Series Sound Department
Stuart Bagshaw	....	sound editor (3 episodes, 2003)

Series Editorial Department
Jason Sparks	....	assistant editor (3 episodes, 2003)

Production Companies

• Carlton Television

Distributors

• PBS Home Video (2003) (USA)

Other Companies

• British Film Institute (BFI)  archive source
• British Movietonews  archive source
• British Pathé  archive source
• Broadwater Collection  archive source
• Churchill Archive, Cambridge  archive source
• Curtis Brown Group  archive source
• Durham University Library  archive source
• Fatts  post-production script services
• Hulton Getty Picture Library  archive source
• ITN Archive  archive source
• Imperial War Museum  archive source
• Mary Evans Picture Library  archive source
• Media House Productions  studio facilities
• Mirrorpix  archive source
• National Archives  archive source
• National Library of Wales  archive source
• Reuters  archive source
• Sandhurst Collection  archive source
• The Greenwall Collection  archive source
• The Johannesburg Star  archive source
• The Queen's Royal Hussars  archive source
• The Queen's Royal Lancers  archive source

Runtime:

188 min (DVD) | 188 min (DVD edition)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Company:

Carlton Television

The definitive biography on an am

Despite being one of the most important figures of the 20th century, there haven't been that many excellent biographies on Winston Churchill or they only focused on a small portion of his life. Here in "Churchill" you get his whole life and there isn't anything to complain about...except that like ALL PBS DVDs, there are no captions. Considering I am slightly hard of hearing and my youngest daughter is deaf, it is frustrating. But, I can't fault the folks who made this film--it is top-notch.

The story is broken into three segments. Part one is his early life up to about WWII. Part two is WWII. Part three is the latter portion of WWII as well as his life after the war up to his death. The story is narrated very capably by Sir Ian McKlellan and is full of nice interviews with his family, secretaries and various smart folks. All of it is very interesting, though I must admit some of the latter parts are a bit sad. See this one.