Month: September 2016

New Netflix Series, The Crown, Features Winston Churchill’s Relationship with Queen Elizabeth

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TheCrown_WinstonChurchill.jpgJohn Lithgow as Winston Churchill in The Crown CREDIT: ALEX BAILEY/NETFLIX

John Lithgow plays Winston Churchill in a new Netflix original series, The Crown. Written by Peter Morgan (The Queen), the series follows the life of Queen Elizabeth II from her wedding in 1947 to the present day. The series is expected to span 60 episodes over 6 seasons, with Claire Foy playing the Queen in the early part of her reign. The Crown will be the most expensive show made by Netflix and the first to be filmed in the U.K.

Exclusive Interview: Churchill’s Secret

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He Said What?: A Quote by Winston Churchill that Will Make You Smile

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Conversation between Winston Churchill and his photographer on the occasion of his 75th birthday:

Photographer: “I hope, sir, that I will shoot your picture on your hundredth birthday.”

Churchill: “I don’t see why not, young man. You look reasonably fit and healthy.”

—1949, Hyde Park Gate, London 
[cited in Langworth, Churchill: In His Own Words]

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BOOK REVIEW: PBS Masterpiece Drama is Based on Jonathan Smith’s book, The Churchill Secret KBO

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This Sunday, September 11, PBS will air Churchill’s Secret, the long-awaited drama about Churchill’s stroke and recovery in 1953. This well done dramatization is based on the novel The Churchill Secret KBO by Jonathan Smith.

Click on the link below to read the full review of the novel by Robert Courts for The Churchill Centre.
Finest Hour Books, Arts & Curiosities – The Churchill Secret KBO

Churchill’s Secret: Sunday, September 11, 2016 at 8/7c. on MASTERPIECE, PBS.

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