The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George
Genre	Historical drama
Written by	Elaine Morgan
Directed by	John Hefin
Starring	Philip Madoc Lisabeth Miles William Thomas Rachel Thomas
Composer(s)	Ennio Morricone
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	9
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Distributor	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	4 March – 29 April 1981

The Life and Times of David Lloyd George is a BBC Wales drama serial broadcast in 1981 on the BBC1 network and which starred Philip Madoc, Lisabeth Miles, Kika Markham and David Markham.

It featured music by Ennio Morricone, including the theme music ("Chi Mai"), which was a surprise hit in the UK charts, reaching number 2. The opening titles showed an elderly David Lloyd George walking through the Welsh countryside near Criccieth remembering his Uncle Lloyd baptising the young David George (later Lloyd George) in a mountain stream.

The series is in 9 hourly parts covering most of the major events of Lloyd George's life from his birth in Manchester in January 1863 until his death in 1945 in Llanystumdwy. The major events of Lloyd George's life are covered in the production including his personal life, specifically the running of two families. The duration of Lloyd George's political career, of over 54 years, combined with the length of the series means that certain periods of history have been skirted over. This is particularly the case with the various Liberal Party splits from 1918 onwards. The historical consultant for the series was the historian A. J. P. Taylor.

External links

• The Life and Times of David Lloyd George at IMDb