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Churchill's People: 3: The Coming of the Cross

BBC One
on BBC One London

by David Rudkin
A set of 26 plays based on passages from Winston S. Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples

"Henceforward the issue is no longer whether the Island shall be Christian or pagan, but whether the Roman or the Celtic view of Christianity shall prevail." (Winston Churchill)
Starring Leo McKern as King Penda, Robert Hardy as King Oswy
with Eric Lander as The General
(Colour)
Gods and demigods: page 4

Contributors

Writer:
David Rudkin
Based on passages from "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples" by:
Winston S.
Programme devised by/Script Editor:
Brian Rawlinson
Programme devised by/Producer:
Gerald Savory
Make-up:
Sandra Shepherd
Sound:
Brian Hiles
Designer:
Jon Pusey
Director:
Alan Gibson
King Penda:
Leo McKern
King Oswy:
Robert Hardy
The General:
Eric Lander
Penda's Father:
Esmond Knight
Benet:
Edward Wilson
Cuthbert:
Jim Norton
The Confessor:
Denys Hawthorne
The Abbot:
Michael Nightingale
Edwin:
Robert East
Edwin's Thegn:
John Golightly
Paulinus:
Alex Scott
Aidan:
Oliver Maguire
Young Cuthbert:
Alan Cunningham
Young Bede:
Luke Batchelor
Boatman:
Philip Jackson
Saxon Priest:
Harry Webster
Penda's Thegn:
David Robb
Interpreter:
George Romanov
Source: Radio Times

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