
June 1944. Allied Forces stand on the brink: a massive army is secretly assembled on the south coast of Britain, poised to re-take the Nazi-occupied Europe. One man stands in their way: Winston Churchill. Behind the iconic figure and rousing speeches: a man who has faced political ridicule, military failure and a speech impediment. An impulsive, sometimes bullying personality - fearful, obsessive and hurting. Fearful of repeating, on his disastrous command, the mass slaughter of 1915, when hundreds of thousands of young men were cut down on the beaches of Gallipoli. Obsessed with fulfilling historical greatness: his destiny. Exhausted by years of war and plagued by depression, Churchill is a shadow of the hero who has resisted Hitler's Blitzkrieg. Should the D-Day landings fail, he is terrified he'll be remembered as an architect of carnage. Political opponents sharpen their knives. General Eisenhower and Field Marshal Montgomery are increasingly frustrated by Churchill's attempts to stop...
Directed by Jonathan Teplitzky, written by Alex von Tunzelmann.
Cast: Brian Cox (Winston Churchill), Miranda Richardson (Clementine Churchill), John Slattery (Dwight Eisenhower), Ella Purnell (Helen), Julian Wadham (Bernard Montgomery), Richard Durden (Jan Smuts), James Purefoy (King George VI), Danny Webb (Alan Brooke), Jonathan Aris (Mallory), George Anton (Admiral Ramsay), Steven Cree (Captain Stagg), Angela Costello (Kay Summersby), Peter Ormond (Briggs).