Jeremy Paxman
Presenter
On the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Jeremy Paxman tells the story of the send-off which Britain gave to the man who led the country to victory in the Second World War. More than a million people came to line the streets of London on the freezing day in late January to pay their respects as his coffin was taken from the lying-in-state at Westminster to St Paul's Cathedral. Millions more watched the state funeral on television. Churchill was the only commoner in the twentieth century to receive the honour of such a magnificent ceremony.
Homepage | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b050r9tg |
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Release Date | 2015-01-28 |
Runtime | 59m |
Director | John Hayes Fisher |
Producer | John Hayes Fisher |
Writer | Jeremy Paxman |