Qf72 hero pilot kevin sullivans quick thinking saves 315 people sunday night duration. Churchills secret, coproduced by pbs masterpiece and itv uk. British prime minister sir winston churchill sir michael gambon suffers from a stroke in the summer of. Churchill s secret tv movie 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Churchills secret 2016 trailer british prime minister winston churchill suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953 thats kept a secret from the rest of the world. British prime minister sir winston churchill michael gambon suffers a stroke in the summer of 1953 and against a lot of opposition his wife, clementine lindsay duncan, moves him from london to their home chartwell in the countryside so he can recover away from work. Churchills secret premiered in 2016 set during the summer of 1953, churchill s secret tells a littleknown part of winston churchill s great life story. If you have a medium film and end it beautifully, you have a beautiful film. Based on the novel by jonathan smith the churchill secret kbo.
The film is based on a novel but the secret isnt some salacious, sensational or deeply private revelation or speculation. But the 1943 famine was due to complete policy failure, they write. Michael gambon is the churchill of all churchills in masterpieces. Churchills secret tvpg 1h 40min biography, drama, history tv movie 11 september 2016 british prime minister sir winston churchill sir michael gambon suffers from a stroke in the summer of 1953, which is consequently kept a secret from the rest of the world.
Gambon was screenowningly mesmeric as churchill, holed up in his family home recovering from a stroke that he was. In an interview about the filming of his novel fahrenheit 451, ray bradbury said, if you have a good film and end it badly, you have a bad film. Production was supported by pbs, which screened the film as part of its masterpiece anthology. Love him or hate him, the story is exceptionally done. You can click on table header to sort results by column name. Of all the fine actors to portray winston churchill, it is difficult to. Churchill s secret, movie made for tv, 2016 pictures provided by. Churchills secret airs as a onenight television event on sunday, september 11, 2016 at 87c on masterpiece, and stars michael gambon cranford, lindsay duncan, romola garai emma, and. This is churchills secret itv, sunday, adapted from the novel by jonathan smith. The film centers on atkins as a crafty spy recruiter with a secret of her own, as she selects two of the first women of the special operations executive, also known as winston churchills. Churchills secret 2016 letterboxd your life in film. An explosive documentary revealing new evidence of winston churchill s secret affair and how it came to haunt him.
Churchills secret 2016 roy beck in churchills secret 2016 matthew macfadyen in churchills. The screenplay was written by stewart harcourt based on the book the churchill secret. In the first instance, churchills secret is a beautiful film throughout. Churchills secret is a british drama television film first broadcast on itv1 on 28 february 2016. The nurse, millie appleyard romola garai is the films only fictional character. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Cast in credits order complete, awaiting verification. Churchills secret 2016 michael gambon in churchills secret 2016 roy beck in churchills secret. Churchills secret tv movie 2016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers. It stars michael gambon as winston churchill and romola garai as millie appleyard, his nurse.