The Valiant Years
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The Valiant Years was a documentary produced by ABC based on the memoirs of Winston Churchill, directed by Anthony Bushell and John Schlesinger, narrated by Gary Merrill and with extracts from the memoirs voiced by Richard Burton. It ran in the United States from 1960 to 1961, in sixteen 30-minute episodes and was broadcast in the UK by the BBC from February to August 1961.[1] Its incidental music was written by Richard Rodgers, who won an Emmy for it in 1962. Scriptwriters included Victor Wolfson a dramatist and writer, Quentin Reynolds, William L. Shirer an American journalist, war correspondent and historian, and Richard Tregakis.
[edit] Awards
- Richard Rodgers won an Emmy award in 1962 for the music he wrote for the programme.
- Victor Wolfson, who wrote several episodes, won an Emmy Award 1960-1961 for Outstanding Writing Achievement in the Documentary Field.[2]
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[edit] References
- ^ "CTVA Winston Churchill". CTVA. http://ctva.biz/US/Documentary/WinstonChurchillValiantYears.htm. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
- ^ "1960–1961 Emmy Awards". Infoplease. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0151518.html. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
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