00:00I am ex-detective inspector Walter Henry Thompson and was Winston Churchill's bodyguard for
00:06a period of nearly 18 years.
00:09In almost any piece of film you'll see of Britain's great wartime leader, this is the
00:14man in the background, anonymous and secret.
00:21Until now his critical role in saving the life of Churchill from a series of attacks
00:26has been hidden from the wider public.
00:31Only now can we recount the number of assassination attempts on Churchill's life, many foiled
00:37by Walter.
00:40This series, with unique access to these incredible memoirs, reveals for the first time the story
00:47of Walter's life with Winston.
00:51Together they rode with Lawrence of Arabia, dodged German assassins, were nearly shot down
00:58by enemy aircraft, U-boats and IRA hitmen.
01:06This is a story of the political upheavals of the 20th century.
01:10Churchill's constant brushes with death and the role played by an ex-post office messenger
01:15of the 20th century.
01:15It was very true that actually affects the future in preventing an early end to his life.
01:19This is the story of the city's been released for the 20th century.
01:23of the 21st century, the sea of the 20th century, where another human being
01:23For all the Canaan, the sea of the forest.
01:24The history of the land is a living, the land is a living room.
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