Join PBS America this March as they take a close look at the shocking 1945 election which saw sitting Prime Minister Winston Churchill lose his job in a surprise Labour victory.<\/p>\n
In 1945, it seemed a foregone conclusion to commentators and politicians alike that the man who had led the Allies to victory over the Nazis would be returned to Downing Street following the General Election \u2013 and yet, when the results came in, they indicated a landslide Labour victory and \u2018The British Bulldog\u2019 was out of a job.<\/p>\n
The documentary programme Winston Churchill: Winning the War, Losing the Peace<\/em> delves into this shocking political upset to reveal what happened, and why the country chose to vote for change.<\/p>\n Winton Churchill: Winning the Peace, Losing the War<\/em> premieres on PBS America on Thursday 1 March at 9pm.<\/p>\n PBS America airs on Freeview 94, Freesat 155, Virgin Media 276 and Sky 534.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Join PBS America this March as they take a close look at the shocking 1945 election which saw sitting Prime Minister Winston Churchill lose his job in a surprise Labour victory. In 1945, it seemed a foregone conclusion to commentators and politicians alike that the man who had led the Allies to victory over the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32868,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-34"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n