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Walking With Destiny highlights Churchill's years in the political wilderness, his early opposition to Adolf Hitler and Nazism, and his support for Jews under threat by the Nazi regime. As historian John Lukacs explains, Churchill may not have won the War in 1940, but without him, the War most certainly would have been lost. Sir Martin Gilbert, historical consultant for the film and Churchill's official biographer, adds that had Churchill's warnings about Nazi Germany's racial policies towards Jews been heeded in the early 1930's, the Holocaust may never have occurred.

Walking With Destiny highlights Churchill's years in the political wilderness, his early opposition to Adolf Hitler and Nazism

Produced for the BBC, Andrew Marr discovers the untold story of Winston Churchill’s lifelong love for painting. Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary year of Churchill’s death, Andrew Marr (History of Modern Britain, BBC News at 10, Doctor Who) discovers the untold story of Winston Churchill’s lifelong love for painting. During the course of production, he meets with the Prime Minister’s descendants and explores the connections between Churchill’s private passion for painting and his public career as politician and statesman.

Before Winston Churchill made history, he made news. To a great extent, the news made him too. If it was his own efforts that made him a hero, it was the media that made him a celebrity - and it has been considerably responsible for perpetuating his memory and shaping his reputation in the years since his death.