I've seen a couple of episodes of “Churchill's
Bodyguard”. I found it interesting. The story revolves around the British prime
minister's perennial bodyguard, Walter H Thompson (Walter for short) and the
almost innumerable attempts to assassinate Churchill. Occasionally, the story
is humorous, with Churchill recklessly standing on a roof top, longing to see
German V1 rockets at close range. Walter must have worked overtime to save the
British war leader from himself! One episode deals with the Nazi-Iranian
conspiracy to kill Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin at the Tehran Conference.
It seems some other reviewers weren't as satisfied with the series as I was. After all, most of the material shown consists of stills of Winston, Walter and other prominent politicians or military men, plus a lot of maps. Well, it's a historical documentary, guys, not a Hollywood flick. Want some action? Go watch “Inglourious Basterds”, ha ha. Or start a new world war…
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