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Churchill's People: Episode 4: The Great Alfred

BBC One
on BBC One London

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

'We see Alfred, the warrior king, disguised as a minstrel... We see him acting as kitchen-boy to a Saxon housewife... Low were the fortunes of the once ruthless English' (Winston Churchill)

Starring Alan Howard as King Alfred, Anna Massey as Queen Ealswith, Brian Blessed as Guthrum

(Alan Howard is an associate member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Writer:
Keith Dewhurst
Based on passages from "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples" by:
Winston S. Churchill
Programme devised by/Script Editor:
Brian Rawlinson
Programme devised by/Producer:
Gerald Savory
Lighting:
John Treays
Designer:
Paul Joel
Director:
Herbert Wise
King Alfred:
Alan Howard
Queen Ealswith:
Anna Massey
Guthrum:
Brian Blessed
Fat Legs:
Evin Crowley
Old Woman:
Daphne Heard
Wulfric:
Patrick Stewart
Hair Face:
William Simons
Olaf:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Odda:
Kevin Stoney
Saxon soldier:
Geoffrey Hinsliff
Saxon soldier:
Colin Starkey
Girl:
Sherrie Hewson
Monk:
Peter Clough
Source: Radio Times

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