Churchill's People The Whip of Heaven (Season 1, Episode 13)
TV Episode | Drama, History, War

Churchill's People

The Whip of Heaven (Season 1, Episode 13)

TV Episode | Drama, History, War

1538: Hugh Goodrest, a Warwickshire Lawyer, returns to his home town of Hales Owen to find the nearby Abbey and its inmates under investigation by the King's Commissioner. Rumours of monastic dissolution have reached the townspeople.

Director

Michael Ferguson

Writers

Winston Churchill (books "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples") | Nick McCarty | Brian Rawlinson (deviser) | Gerald Savory (deviser)

Producer

Gerald Savory

Composer

Malcolm Williamson

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Updated Mar 24, 1975

Release date

Mar 24, 1975 (United Kingdom)

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Lang Hugh Goodrest Hugh Goodrest See fewer	Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
T.P. McKenna Dr. Layton Dr. Layton See fewer	Ulysses (1967)
Carleton Hobbs Abbot William Abbot William See fewer	The Strauss Family (1972)
Elizabeth Bell Ann Goodrest Ann Goodrest See fewer	Esther Waters (1964)
Derek Newark Sir John Dudley Sir John Dudley See fewer	The Blue Max (1966)
George Innes Thomas Thomas See fewer	The Italian Job (1969)
Martin Neil Jack Jack See fewer	Accident (1978)
Geoffrey Beevers Philip Philip See fewer	Clash of the Titans (2010)
John Woodnutt Brother Martin Brother Martin See fewer	Lifeforce (1985)
Peter Sproule Brother Samson Brother Samson See fewer	Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
Douglas Milvain Brother Francis Brother Francis See fewer	Hereward the Wake (1965)
Frederick Hall Brother Paul Brother Paul See fewer	Curtain of Fear (1964)
Beryl Nesbitt Woman Woman See fewer	Solomon Kane (2009)
Sue Bishop Nun Nun See fewer	Blake's 7 (1978)
Derrick Slater Man Man See fewer	The Ups and Downs of a Handyman (1975)
Doug Wootton Minstrel Minstrel See fewer	The Falls (1980)