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Churchill's Bodyguard

20051 Season47m episodes9.0

Documentary, War & Politics

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Runtime: 47m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 21, 2005
Network: U&Yesterday

Time to finish

10 hrs

13 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

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Cast

Winston Churchill

Self - Prime Minister UK (archive footage)

Robert Powell

Self - Narrator (voice)

Walter H. Thompson

Self - Bodyguard of Churchill (archive footage)

SERIES

Churchill's Bodyguard

20051 Season47m episodes9.0

Documentary, War & Politics

TMDB9.0

Votes3

Your rating

Runtime: 47m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet. It is in United Kingdom, Ireland.

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E1 · Airs Nov 21, 2005 · 47m
Walter Meets Winston
In the background of almost every piece of footage of Britain's great wartime leader Winston Churchill, is an anonymous figure: his bodyguard, Detective Inspector Walter Thompson of Scotland Yard. This is the story of how these two very different characters met, and how the poor boy from London's East End saved his boss from an IRA assassination attempt.
E2 · Airs Nov 22, 2005 · 47m
Lawrence and Walter Save the Day
Soon after he became Winston Churchill's personal bodyguard, Walter Thompson was given the challenge of keeping his boss alive during a visit to the Middle East. A leading British politician was a natural target for assassins, and on several critical occasions, Winston was rescued by one of the most enigmatic figures of the 20th Century - Lawrence of Arabia.
E3 · Airs Nov 23, 2005 · 47m
Nearly Killed In New York
In 1929, Winston Churchill ceased to be Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Detective Sergeant Walter Thompson sadly stopped guarding the man he had come to regard as a friend. However, within two years, Winston's outspoken views had gained him fresh and deadly enemies. Walter was recalled, but the next threat to Winston's life came from a totally unexpected direction.
E4 · Airs Nov 24, 2005 · 47m
Indian Nationalist Assassin
Having kept Winston Churchill safe from assassination during his US lecture tour in 1931, Walter Thompson soon left the police force. Out of office and increasingly at odds with his party, it also seemed that Winston's career was at an end. But a new and sinister force, which recognised Winston as its implacable enemy, was rising, and threats to Winston's life brought the two men together again.
E5 · Airs Nov 25, 2005 · 47m
Nazi Sniper Plan
During the 1930s, although he was out of office, Winston Churchill's outspoken opposition to Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime made him a marked man. So much so that when war seemed inevitable, French Intelligence got wind of a German plot to assassinate him. Immediately Winston called his former bodyguard ex-Detective Walter Thompson out of retirement to protect him again.
E6 · Airs Nov 26, 2005 · 47m
Dangerous Travels
As World War II began, Winston Churchill was brought back into the government after ten years in the wilderness. For his bodyguard Detective-Inspector Walter Thompson it was the beginning of the six most active and nerve-wracking years of his career. Within eight months his boss would be Prime Minister and risking his life on hair-raising trips to try to keep Britain's ally France in the war.
E7 · Airs Nov 27, 2005 · 47m
Surviving the Blitz
By June 1940, Britain was facing Nazi invasion. Prime Minister Winston Churchill's bodyguard Walter Thompson had at least managed to keep him safe during several dangerous trips to France. But the next year was to bring a host of new perils. For as the bombs rained down on, the one person to whose safety Winston gave no thought was himself, and Walter had to cope as best he could.
E8 · Airs Nov 28, 2005 · 47m
Attack at the Flying Boat Dock
The entry of the United States into World War II meant an enormous increase in responsibility for Winston Churchill's bodyguard Walter Thompson. For the next three and a half years the two men were to travel almost 200,000 miles visiting the battle fronts and attending high-level conferences. Very soon, Winston was to come within seconds of assassination by a lone gunman.
E9 · Airs Nov 29, 2005 · 47m
Winston's Double
A precarious trip to Moscow to visit Stalin is followed by victory for the 8th Army in North Africa. However, the Germans know that Churchill is travelling and try at least twice to shoot down his plane. His double is not so lucky…
E10 · Airs Nov 30, 2005 · 47m
Suicide Attack In Tehran
Hitler's henchmen have devised a plan to kill Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt at the Tehran Conference. Assassins are parachuted in carrying suicide bombs and it is up to Walter and the intelligence services to protect Winston's life from immediate danger.
E11 · Airs Dec 1, 2005 · 47m
The Kiss of Life?
Winston Churchill returns from Tehran in very poor health. So much so that his doctor expects him to die. Walter's devotion is such that he insists on staying at Winston's side on the crucial night and disaster is averted.
E12 · Airs Dec 2, 2005 · 47m
The Sewer Bomb
When Winston visits Athens he is supposed to stay at an hotel where Greek guerrillas have placed 1000 lbs of dynamite in a nearby sewer. They shoot at his plane and even fire on HMS Ajax his temporary home in Piraeus harbour.
E13 · Airs Dec 3, 2005 · 47m
Love Him to Death
It is VE-Day and Winston and Walter have several journeys to make through the jubilant crowds. Winston wants to walk and at the last minute is pulled on to the roof of his car by Walter who breaks a woman's arm whilst protecting his boss.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Nov 21, 2005
Network: U&Yesterday

Time to finish

10 hrs

13 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Winston Churchill

Self - Prime Minister UK (archive footage)

Robert Powell

Self - Narrator (voice)

Walter H. Thompson

Self - Bodyguard of Churchill (archive footage)

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