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Creating Churchill

Creating Churchill offers a fresh perspective on the life and legacy of the soldier, writer, and war leader Winston Churchill. As we approach the 150th anniversary of his birth on 30th November, 2024, this podcast invites listeners to look beyond the now familiar bulldog image and rediscover the real Churchill, his strengths and his weaknesses, through the eyes of contemporaries he collaborated or clashed with.

Join Cambridge University historian David Reynolds and documentary producer Russell Barnes as they explore how Churchill’s extraordinary career and personality were shaped by relationships with the key figures in his life: friends, rivals, enemies and family.

This episode explores Winston Churchill’s return to the Conservative party, his time in government in the 1920s and in the political wilderness in the 1930s through the lens of his great rivalry with Neville Chamberlain.

Churchill collaborated and competed with Chamberlain in and out of government. Both had their eye on the ultimate political prize, becoming Prime Minister. Chamberlain got there first in 1937 and, as a new war with Germany loomed, his policy of appeasement was bitterly opposed by Churchill.

Produced and edited by Russell Barnes.

Music by Rich Farnsworth.

Digital marketing by Lee Mann.

Sound engineering by Andrew Chappell.

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Creating Churchill is a ClearStory ‘Creating History’ production.

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Creating Churchill draws on David Reynolds’ book Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him, published by HarperCollins and now out in paperback: https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/mirrors-of-greatness-churchill-and-the-leaders-who-shaped-him-david-reynolds?variant=41228714770510