Coming up next week: Churchill: The Wilderness Years (Eps. 1-4)
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1981 | Four episodes (207 minutes)
Starts at 2:15 p.m. ET
Episode 1: Down and Out
When the Tories lose their majority in Parliament, Winston loses his spot in the cabinet. Deciding to take the opportunity to feather his nest he goes to America on a speaking tour and invests the proceeds in a a pre-crash stock market.
Episode 2: Politics Are Foul
Churchill’s views on the Indian question bring him into conflict with his own party.
Episode 3: In High Places
Churchill takes a European trip to visit famous battlefields and hopes to meet with Hitler but the meeting fails to materialize. The India question still rages in the U.K. Eager to win a victory on the India question Sir Samuel Hoare enlists the aid of Lord Derby to suppress certain unfavorable testimony, but one of the witnesses comes forth to Churchill.
Episode 4: A Menace in The House
Churchill asks the House to institute a committee to investigate the interference with evidence on the India question. But committee members Ramsay McDonald, Sir Louis Kershaw and Clement Attlee are unable to conclude that there’s been any wrongdoing. The findings of the committee further damage Churchill’s standing in the house.
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Coming up next week: The Straight Story
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I have the movie, I’ll stream it.
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1999 | 112 minutes
Alvin Straight, a 73-year-old, learns that his estranged brother, Lyle is critically ill. Unable to drive, Alvin embarks on a journey from Iowa to Mt. Zion, by riding a lawn mower. Will he succeed?
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Coming up next week: Churchill: The Wilderness Years (Eps. 5-8)
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1981 | Four episodes (206 minutes)
Starts at 2:15 p.m. ET
Episode 5: The Flying Peril
Churchill warns of Germany’s re-arming and their air superiority over Britain. The MacDonald government falls. Churchill is again denied a cabinet position when the Conservatives return to power. He also must contend with troubles at home.
Episode 6: His Own Funeral
King George dies and trouble looms with the new King’s relationship with a divorced woman. Churchill loses popularity due to his support. Hitler occupies the Rhineland and Baldwin’s cabinet continues to dawdle in any war preparations.
Episode 7: The Long Tide of Surrender
Baldwin retires and Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister. With Sir Horace Wilson as an aide, appeasement and reduction of defense spending is his policy. Chamberlain flies to Munich to meet with Hitler on Czechoslovakia.
Episode 8: What Price Churchill
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia and then Poland. Chamberlain initially refuses to believe it is war but finally relents under pressure. He offers Churchill a place in the government.
Coming up next week: Young Guns II
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I do have Young Guns II on hand if needed.
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You can stream it 
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