Churchill's People — Season 1, Episode 19: The Derry Boys
Drama, War & Politics • 51 min • 1 season, 26 episodes • ★ 5.0/10
Episode synopsis
1689: The Protestant settlement in Ulster pre-empts King William's offensive against the Irish Jacobites. In Londonderry the apprentice boys close the gates of the town against James's troops, beginning a siege that is to cause appalling privations to its citizens.
About Churchill's People
Churchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.