Churchill's People The Derry Boys (Season 1, Episode 19)
TV Episode | Drama, History, War

Churchill's People

The Derry Boys (Season 1, Episode 19)

TV Episode | Drama, History, War

1689: The Protestant settlement in Ulster preempts King William's offensive against the Irish Jacobites. The apprentice boys close the gates of the town against James' troops, beginning a siege.

Director

Piers Haggard

Writers

Dominic Behan | Winston Churchill (books "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples") | Brian Rawlinson (deviser) | Gerald Savory (deviser)

Producer

Gerald Savory

Composer

Malcolm Williamson

Production Designer

Tim Harvey

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Edit Released

Updated May 5, 1975

Release date

May 5, 1975 (United Kingdom)

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16 cast members

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