TV series
Churchill at War
Overview
This captivating docuseries examines Winston Churchill's pivotal role in World War II and the formative events that made him an ideal leader for the era.
Details
- First air date
- 2024-12-04
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 4 episodes
- Genres
- Documentary, War & Politics
- Network
- Netflix
- Production
- Imagine Documentaries
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Langley Kirkwood as Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- Christian McKay as Winston Churchill
- Martin Munro as Frank Sawyers the Butler
- Martin Kluge as Joseph Stalin
- Winston Churchill as Self - Prime Minister UK (archive footage)
- Charles Dance as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt as Self - President of the US (archive footage)
- Joseph Stalin as Self - Premier of the Soviet Union (archive footage)
- Benito Mussolini as Self - Prime Minister of Italy (archive footage)
- Adolf Hitler as Self - Führer of Nazi Germany (archive footage)
Creators and crew
- Justin Wilkes - Executive Producer
- Sara Enright - Executive Producer
- Ron Howard - Executive Producer
- Malcolm Venville - Executive Producer
- Brian Grazer - Executive Producer
- Sara Bernstein - Executive Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: The Gathering Storm
Driven by a childhood conviction to save Britain, Winston Churchill forges a path from soldier to prime minister amid the looming threat of German forces.
Episode 2: His Finest Hour
Serving as PM and Minister of Defense, Churchill rallies the nation with speeches, aiming to attract US support as Hitler launches the Blitz on London.
Episode 3: The Day of Destiny
Churchill's unyielding efforts secure US entry into the war. But to defeat Nazi Germany, he must ally with Stalin and Roosevelt to form a Second Front.
Episode 4: Out of the Storm
As the war ends, Churchill navigates a shifting global landscape dominated by US-Soviet tensions, decolonization and the emerging nuclear era.
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