David Lloyd George: A biography 

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I did my undergraduate dissertation on Lloyd George, incredible man who truly was a man of the people

Great video about a PM who was undoubtably one of the best and influential people in British politics. He helped to shape the country and way of thinking we have today! Respect Lloyd George.

They threw away the very institution of monarchy in 1919! Hohenzollerns, Ottomans, Habsburgs, Romanovs were the ones who lost most terribly in 1919

Another excellent BBC documentary. Lloyd George's place in the consciousness of the British public probably suffers as a result of the greatest part of his career occurring prior to the innovation of film recorded sound and rudimental gramophone recording techniques. There are very few examples of him speaking in public and certainly no such record of him at the height of his powers. He was a flawed character but then so was Churchill, like LG a very controversial figure. There is a wealth of film documenting Churchill's war years and those iconic speeches. Churchill also lived on until 1965 and remains as a figure who was present in the lives of many citizens still living today. Also important to remember that the Second World War dominated the 2nd half of the 20th Century, relegating much of what had happened in the 1st half of the century- including the Great War- to a supporting secondary place in national consciousness.

I wish someone would make one of these on McMillan, Home, and Eden, whilst there are still some who remember them!

The presenter of this doc really really really likes Lloyd George.

If Gladstone was remembered by the Liberals like how the Tories remember Disraeli

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This wasn't just a Welsh experience. It sounds like he's describing Cumbria and probably most of the uk other than southern England at the time.

Being from Wales and living in China i found this documentary very enlightening. One can only imagine the lives he both helped and also the people who were hurt by his lifestyle and choices.

This documentary goes some way to establishing fairness to Lloyd George's reputation. A very good programme.

Huw Edwards cheery account of Lloyd George does hide the fact as far the Irish were concerned that Lloyd George was a crafty and duplicitous politican. He effectively bullied the Sinn Finn delegation into signing the peace treaty, through threats of an all out assault on Ireland. Lloyd George in the words of Diarmud Ferriter was always speaking out of both sides of his mouth to both James Craig and Michael Collins.

An excellent biography. Very informative and enjoyable

Excellent documentary, thanks for posting.

David Llord George was one of the very few politicians who was genuinely interested in improving the lot of

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Thank you for sharing this. I learned a lot.

I have to watch these more than once,,,, Thank You again for sharing these Video's