Churchill's People

1. E1. Pritan

   Dec 30, 1974 · 50m

   43 AD: Lucius is one of several Roman spies sent into the offshore island of Pritan, quietly to study the ground before plans for the invasion by Emperor Claudius.

2. E2. The Lost Island

   Jan 6, 1975 · 50m

   400 AD: Among the splendours of his palace at Eboricum (York), Roman British governor Tiberius Claudius broods on what he believes to be the end of the civilised world.

3. E3. The Coming of the Cross

   Jan 13, 1975 · 49m

   654 AD: Two powerful adversaries face each other - Penda, pagan king of Mercia, and Oswy, Christian king of Northumbria.

4. E4. The Great Alfred

   Jan 20, 1975 · 54m

   878 AD: King Alfred has suffered another defeat from the Danes and escapes through the Athelrey swamps to the safety of Odda's Hall. Disguised as a minstrel, Alfred enters the headquarters of the Viking invaders but his conversation with Chieftain Guthrum unsettles the Danes.

5. E5. The Saxon Dusk

   Jan 27, 1975 · 53m

   1042: Godwin, Earl of Wessex, summons Edward from out of his exile in Normandy to wear the Crown of England. But the apparent security of Godwin's Anglo-Saxan policies is disrupted by Edward's partiality for a French connection and Rome-orientated religious tendencies.

6. E6. The Conquerors

   Feb 3, 1975 · 53m

   1066-1070: Forest laws bring about a climax between the Saxons and the Normans.

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