Watch The Wilderness Years Season 1 Episode 4 A Menace In The House

A Menace In The House

Season 1 Episode 4

Aired date: Sep 27, 1981

Plot: Churchill spent the best part of 1934 fighting corruption in Parliament, in particular, demanding a Committee of Privilages be set up to investigate the actions of Hoare and the India Office over the India bill. The House voted with him and he and his family were jubilant, but the Committee is determined not to form a witchhunt, but looked into the matter and found that Hoare was far from completely innocent. In spite of this, a way was found to foil Churchill once again. Things looked up when the Head of ... MORE

Plot: Churchill spent the best part of 1934 fighting corruption in Parliament, in particular, demanding a Committee of Privilages be set up to investigate the actions of Hoare and the India Office over the India bill. The House voted with him and he and his family were jubilant, but the Committee is determined not to form a witchhunt, but looked into the matter and found that Hoare was far from completely innocent. In spite of this, a way was found to foil Churchill once again. Things looked up when the Head of the Central Department in the Foreign Office, Ralph Wigram, began to tell Churchill of the advances within Germany's fighting forces, and the reluctance of the Foreign Office to do anything about it. LESS