''The Valiant Years'' was a documentary produced by
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based on the memoirs of
Winston Churchill
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, directed by
Anthony Bushell
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and
John Schlesinger
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, narrated by
Gary Merrill
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and with extracts from the memoirs voiced by
Richard Burton
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. It ran in the United States from 1960 to 1961, in 27 30-minute episodes and was broadcast in the UK by the
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from February to August 1961.
Its incidental music was written by
Richard Rodgers
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, who won an
Emmy
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for it in 1962. Scriptwriters included
Victor Wolfson
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a dramatist and writer, playwright
William Templeton, Quentin Reynolds,
William L. Shirer
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, an American journalist, war correspondent and historian, and
Richard Tregaskis
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. One of the programme's London-based producers was actor
Patrick Macnee
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, just prior to his being cast as secret agent
John Steed
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in the long-running cult TV series ''
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''.
Awards
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Richard Rodgers
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won an
Emmy award
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in 1962 for the music he wrote for the programme.
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Victor Wolfson
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Victor Wolfson began his professional career organizing acting clubs for striking coal miners in West Virginia. He soon fo ...
, who wrote several episodes, won an
Emmy Award
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1960-1961 for Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field.
List of episodes
# The Gathering Storm
# Combat Deepens
# Dunkirk
# French Agony
# Take One with You
# The Ravens Remain
# Struggle at Sea
# Hinge of Fate
# Alone no More
# Out of the East
# The Torch is Lit
# Sand and Snow
# Strike Hard, Strike Home!
# Closing the Ring
# Be Sure you Win
# Turning of the Tide
# The Die is Cast
# D-Day
# Europe Set Ablaze
# Triumph in France
# Beginning of the End
# Final Christmas
# Yalta
# Tying the Knot
# Götterdämmerung
# Goodbye, Mr Churchill
# The Will to Victory
References
External links
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Films about Winston Churchill
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