The First Churchills
(1969)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 1
Not Without Honour
Episode 12 - 12-13-1969
50m
Marlborough continues his success in the war against France, but his prestige at home and with Anne has been impaired by the devious backstairs intrigue of Robert Harley.
7.6/10
Haven't Seen
Breaking the Circle
Episode 11 - 12-06-1969
50m
To save the Holy Roman Empire from French invasion Marlborough led his allied troops into Germany and defeated the French at the Battle of Blenheim.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
A Famous Victory
Episode 10 - 11-29-1969
50m
Before he died William III recognised Marlborough as his successor in the task of defeating France. With the accession of Anne, John and Sarah have risen to a position of pre-eminence.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Reconciliation
Episode 9 - 11-22-1969
50m
In an atmosphere of national panic John, falsely accused of Jacobite treachery, has been imprisoned for a time in the Tower. After Mary's death, William receives Anne at Court.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
The Queens Command
Episode 8 - 11-15-1969
50m
William III, with Churchill's help, has defeated James' attempted invasion of Ireland. John has been suspected of treason and dismissed from Court. Princess Anne has refused to obey her sister Mary and part with Sarah.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Trial of Strength
Episode 7 - 11-08-1969
44m
John Churchill owed much to James II. But the King was clearly determined to destroy the Protestant religion and the laws of England, so John decided to support William of Orange and the Revolution of 1688.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
The Protestant Wind
Episode 6 - 11-01-1969
46m
Monmouth, the hope of the Protestant rebels, was defeated by John Churchill at Sedgemoor.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
Rebellion
Episode 5 - 10-25-1969
45m
Charles has been forced to send James into exile and to dissolve his factious parliament at Oxford. The Princess Anne has married George, Prince of Denmark, and has chosen Sarah to be one of her Ladies of the Bedchamber.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
The Lion and the Unicorn
Episode 4 - 10-18-1969
45m
The rage against Popery in England continues. James, Duke of Monmouth, has become the protégé of Shaftesbury who plans to make him King. But Churchill has refused to support Monmouth. Charles has resisted all pressure to disinherit his brother James.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Plot Counter-Plot
Episode 3 - 10-11-1969
45m
John and Sarah have married. Lord Shaftesbury has threatened Charles with rebellion. To appease his Protestant Parliament, Charles has arranged a marriage between Mary and the Prince of Orange.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Bridals
Episode 2 - 10-04-1969
45m
In 1675 a masque was performed at the Court of Charles II at Whitehall. There the young soldier John Churchill, Groom of the Bedchamber to the King's brother, fell in love with a pretty lady-in-waiting, Sarah Jennings.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
The Chaste Nymph
Episode 1 - 9-27-1969
44m
At the court of Charles II, young John Churchill advances his career by serving the king’s bastard son, Monmouth, in the field of battle, and by bedding the king’s mistress, the Duchess of Cleveland. Young Sarah Jennings is also advancing at court, by befriending the king’s sister-in-law, the Duchess of York, and teaching the York princesses, Mary and Anne, the art of gambling. At a court masque, the two meet, and sparks fly.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
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Bridals
Episode 2 - 10-04-1969
45m
In 1675 a masque was performed at the Court of Charles II at Whitehall. There the young soldier John Churchill, Groom of the Bedchamber to the King's brother, fell in love with a pretty lady-in-waiting, Sarah Jennings.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
The Queens Command
Episode 8 - 11-15-1969
50m
William III, with Churchill's help, has defeated James' attempted invasion of Ireland. John has been suspected of treason and dismissed from Court. Princess Anne has refused to obey her sister Mary and part with Sarah.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
A Famous Victory
Episode 10 - 11-29-1969
50m
Before he died William III recognised Marlborough as his successor in the task of defeating France. With the accession of Anne, John and Sarah have risen to a position of pre-eminence.
7.9/10Haven't Seen
Rebellion
Episode 5 - 10-25-1969
45m
Charles has been forced to send James into exile and to dissolve his factious parliament at Oxford. The Princess Anne has married George, Prince of Denmark, and has chosen Sarah to be one of her Ladies of the Bedchamber.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
The Protestant Wind
Episode 6 - 11-01-1969
46m
Monmouth, the hope of the Protestant rebels, was defeated by John Churchill at Sedgemoor.
7.8/10Haven't Seen
