Miniseries
12 episodes · Sep 27, 1969
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- S1E1
The Chaste Nymph
Sep 27, 196950mAt 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.
- S1E2
Bridals
Oct 4, 196950mIn 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.
- S1E3
Plot Counter-Plot
Oct 11, 196950mJohn 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.
- S1E4
The Lion and the Unicorn
Oct 18, 196950mThe 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.
- S1E5
Rebellion
Oct 25, 196950mCharles 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.
- S1E6
The Protestant Wind
Nov 1, 196950mMonmouth, the hope of the Protestant rebels, was defeated by John Churchill at Sedgemoor.
- S1E7
Trial of Strength
Nov 8, 196950mJohn 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.
- S1E8
The Queens Command
Nov 15, 196950mWilliam 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.
- S1E9
Reconciliation
Nov 22, 196950mIn 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.
- S1E10
A Famous Victory
Nov 29, 196950mBefore 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.
- S1E11
Breaking the Circle
Dec 6, 196950mTo save the Holy Roman Empire from French invasion Marlborough led his allied troops into Germany and defeated the French at the Battle of Blenheim.
- S1E12
Not Without Honour
Dec 13, 196950mMarlborough 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.