Great War Portraits

When the name of Churchill is mentioned ones immediate thought is WW2, leading the country through five six years of fighting and hardship. The BBC’s new drama-documentary ‘Churchill’s First War World’ spreads new light on his career during the Great War.
 
The documentary is well balanced, not a hatch-up job on one of our national icons. It follows his lows and highs, yes in that order. But he heeds his own advice and never gives up. Worth 90 minutes of your time, now or in the future.
 
BBC’s Programme Information
Drama-documentary about Winston Churchill’s extraordinary experiences during the Great War, with intimate letters to his wife Clementine allowing the story to be told largely in his own words. Just 39 and at the peak of his powers running the Royal Navy, Churchill in 1914 dreamt of Napoleonic glory, but suffered a catastrophic fall into disgrace and humiliation over the Dardanelles disaster.
 
The film follows his road to redemption, beginning in the trenches of Flanders in 1916, revealing how he became the ‘godfather’ of the tank and his forgotten contribution to final victory in 1918 as Minister of Munitions. Dark political intrigue, a passionate love story and remarkable military adventures on land, sea and air combine to show how the Churchill of 1940 was shaped and forged by his experience of the First World War.
 
BBC iPlayer: http://bbc.in/18G0Up8