TV Show Details
Air Date:September 27th, 1969
Last Air Date:December 13th, 1969
Network:BBC Two
Status:Ended
Genres:Drama
Original Language:English
Production Companies:BBC
The First Churchills (1969)
BBC Two
Miniseries
Audience Score
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The First Churchills is a 1969 twelve-part BBC television serial starring John Neville as John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and Susan Hampshire as his wife, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. Written and produced by Donald Wilson, and directed by David Giles, the series is notable as being the first programme shown on PBS's long-running Masterpiece series in the United States.
