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  • The Road to War Great Britain (Season 1, Episode 1)
  • TV Episode | Documentary

The Road to War

Great Britain (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | Documentary

Charles Wheeler looks at how in the late 1930's Neville Chamberlain, confronted by the aggression of Hitler and Mussolini, was still struggling to preserve the illusion of British Imperial power.
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Charles Wheeler (written by)
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Updated Sep 5, 1989

Release date
Sep 5, 1989 (United Kingdom)

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20 cast members
Name Known for
Charles Wheeler
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Correlli Barnett
Self - Author, 'The Collapse of British Power' Self - Author, 'The Collapse of British Power'   See fewer
Hannah Blizzard
Self - Resident Weoley Castle Estate since 1933 Self - Resident Weoley Castle Estate since 1933   See fewer
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Bill Deedes
Self - Reporter, Daily Telegraph 1937-1939 (as Lord Deedes) Self - Reporter, Daily Telegraph 1937-1939 (as Lord Deedes)   See fewer
Alec Douglas-Home
Self - P.P.S. to Neville Chamberlain 1937-1940 (as Lord Home) Self - P.P.S. to Neville Chamberlain 1937-1940 (as Lord Home)   See fewer
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ian Jacob
Self - Committee of Imperial Defence 1938 (as Lt. General Sir Ian Jacob) Self - Committee of Imperial Defence 1938 (as Lt. General Sir Ian Jacob)   See fewer
King George V
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Marjorie Leaf
Self - Secretary, Neville Chamberlain's Private Office Self - Secretary, Neville Chamberlain's Private Office   See fewer
Peter Masefield
Self - Journalist, 'The Aeroplane', 1937-1943 (as Sir Peter Masefield) Self - Journalist, 'The Aeroplane', 1937-1943 (as Sir Peter Masefield)   See fewer
Con O'Neill
Self - Diplomatic Service 1936-1939 (as Sir Con O'Neill) Self - Diplomatic Service 1936-1939 (as Sir Con O'Neill)   See fewer
Julian Ridsdale
Self - Royal Norfolk Regiment 1935-1945 (as Sir Julian Ridsdale M.P.) Self - Royal Norfolk Regiment 1935-1945 (as Sir Julian Ridsdale M.P.)   See fewer
Nance Satterthwaite
Self - Mass Observation, 1938-1940 Self - Mass Observation, 1938-1940   See fewer
Bernard Smith
Self - Rover Shadow Factory 1936 Self - Rover Shadow Factory 1936   See fewer
George Strauss
Self - Labour M.P. Lambeth, 1930s (as Lord Strauss) Self - Labour M.P. Lambeth, 1930s (as Lord Strauss)   See fewer
Stanley Tress
Self - Visitor, Empire Exhibition, 1924 Self - Visitor, Empire Exhibition, 1924   See fewer
Victor Warrender
Self - War Officer, 1935-1940 (as Lord Bruntisfield) Self - War Officer, 1935-1940 (as Lord Bruntisfield)   See fewer
Ron Welsh
Self - Shadow Factory Engineer 1938 Self - Shadow Factory Engineer 1938   See fewer
Ted Willis
Self - 1930s Labour Youth Movement (as Lord Willis) Self - 1930s Labour Youth Movement (as Lord Willis)   See fewer
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