‘A Medieval Bandit King’ When Richard Burton Disparaged Winston Churchill All in the Name of Promotion

Burton’s Article on Churchill Sent his Producers Into a Panic and the UK’s Politicians into a Flap

In 1974 Richard Burton took the unusual step of promoting his forthcoming television film portrayal of Winston Churchill by deriding him and all he stood for.

‘In the course of preparing myself to act the part of Winston Churchill in the television drama based on the first volume of his war memoirs, The Gathering Storm, I realised…