Period drama The Gathering Storm told the story of the five-year period of Winston Churchill’s life leading up to the second world war when, as an out-of-favour and out-of-power politician, he was a voice alone warning the British people of the dangers of German rearmament. Albert Finney is superb as Churchill.
production details
UK / BBC-2 – BBC Films & HBO / 1×90 minute episode / AIRDATE: 12 July 2002 @ 9:00pm
Writer: Hugh Whitemore / Producers: Frank Doelger, David M Thompson / Director: Richard Loncraine
cast
ALBERT FINNEY as Winston Churchill
VANESSA REDGRAVE as Clementine Churchill
JIM BROADBENT as Desmond Morton
RONNIE BARKER as David Inches
LINUS ROACHE as Ralph Wigram
LENA HEADEY as Ava Wigram
TOM WILKINSON as Sir Robert Vansittart
ANTHONY BROPHY as Brendan Bracken
TOM HIDDLESTON as Randolph Churchill
DEREK JACOBI as Stanley Baldwin
CELIA IMRIE as Mrs P(Violet Pearman)
EDWARD HARDWICKE as Mr Wood
