| Churchill and the Generals | |
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| Written by | Ian Curteis |
| Directed by | Alan Gibson |
| Starring | Timothy West, Eric Porter, Arthur Hill |
| Theme music composer | Wilfred Josephs |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Jack Levin Alan Shallcross |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC2 |
| Release | 1979 (1979) |
Churchill and the Generals is a 1979BBC television drama concerning the relationship betweenWinston Churchill and generals of the Allied forces, set in theCabinet Office andWar Rooms between 1940 and 1945. It was written byIan Curteis (withPeter Young as military advisor).
It was first broadcast onBBC2 on 23 September 1979, and repeated onBBC1 on 22 August 1981. It screened on 5 March 1981 in the United States.
The Times television critic Michael Ratcliffe wrote: 'Churchill, though trivial, was intermittently moving and fun (alternative title:Punch in the Second World War?)'[1]
Timothy West won the John Logie Baird performance award (1980).[2] He reprised the role of Churchill inThe Last Bastion (1984) andHiroshima (1995).
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