MiniseriesEnded
The First Churchills (1969)
1 season12 episodes50 min per episode
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.
- First aired
- September 27, 1969
- Last episode
- December 13, 1969
- Network
- BBC Two
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
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Cast
- John Neville as John Churchill
- John Neville as John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough
- Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough
- Susan Hampshire as Sarah Churchill
- Susan Hampshire as Sarah Jennings
- John Standing as Sidney Godolphin
- Robert Robinson as Louis XIV
- Margaret Tyzack as Princess Anne
- Margaret Tyzack as Queen Anne
- Roger Mutton as George of Denmark
- John Ringham as Laurence Hyde
- John Ringham as Laurence Hyde, Lord Rochester
- John Ringham as Lord Rochester
- Alan Rowe as William, Prince of Orange
- Alan Rowe as William III
- John Westbrook as James, Duke of York
- John Westbrook as James II
- James Kerry as James, Duke of Monmouth
- James Kerry as James Scott, Duke of Monmouth