The First Churchills

Name: The First Churchills
Genre: Drama
Rating: 6.3
Cast: John Neville, Susan Hampshire, John Standing

1969

★★★☆☆ 6.3/10

📺 1 Season

🎬 12 Episodes

📅 Ended

🌐 EN

⏱️ 50 min/episode

Drama

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.

Seasons

Season 1

1969 • 12 Episodes

At the court of Charles II, young John Churchill advances his career by serving the king’s bastard son, Monmouth, in the field of battle, and by bedding the king’s mistress, the Duchess of Cleveland. Young Sarah Jennings is also advancing at court, by befriending the king’s sister-in-law, the Duchess of York, and teaching the York princesses, Mary and Anne, the art of gambling. At a court masque, the two meet, and sparks fly.