Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Michael Gambon | ... | Winston Churchill | |
Romola Garai | ... | Nurse Appleyard | |
Lindsay Duncan | ... | Clemmie Churchill | |
Daisy Lewis | ... | Mary | |
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Matilda Sturridge | ... | Rosie |
Peter Agnelli | ... | De Gasperi (as Peter Brown) | |
Patrick Kennedy | ... | Jock Colville | |
Christian McKay | ... | Christopher Soames | |
Chris Larkin | ... | Rab Butler | |
Bill Paterson | ... | Lord Moran | |
Ian Mercer | ... | Sgt Murray | |
Matthew Marsh | ... | Lord Beaverbrook | |
John Standing | ... | Lord Camrose | |
James Wilby | ... | Brendan Bracken | |
Tara Fitzgerald | ... | Diana |
In June 1953, two years after he was re-elected as Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill (Sir Michael Gambon) collapses following a dinner party at 10 Downing Street. Diagnosed by Dr. Lord Moran (Bill Paterson) as having a stroke, there are fears that he may not survive, and he is taken to his country home Chartwell. Publicly, he is said to be suffering from exhaustion, and the newspaper owners consent to printing the deception. As his children arrive to watch over him, they feud over son Randolph's (Matthew Macfadyen's) drinking and daughter Sarah's (Rachael Stirling's) less than illustrious movie career, while Winston's wife Clemmie (Lindsay Duncan) reflects on the loss of another daughter who died in infancy. The Cabinet is informed of events as Moran brings in plain-spoken Yorkshire nurse Millie Appleyard (Romola Garai) to look after the great man. With her help and his wife's devotion, Churchill survives to address the Conservative Party conference later in the year, before ... Written by don @ minifie-1
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