The Gathering Storm

Albert Finney stars in this excellent Emmy award-winning drama about Winston Churchill's pre-war years and struggle to alert the British people to the threat posed by the Nazis. Exiled from government and accused of being a warmonger, the politician takes refuge at home and indulges in a few leisurely pursuits, all the while gathering intelligence about the Germans and preparing to deliver the country from the conflict he worked so tirelessly to avoid. Vanessa Redgrave co-stars as Churchill's beloved wife Clementine and Ronnie Barker plays his faithful manservant Inches, with Jim Broadbent, Linus Roache, Hugh Bonneville, Celia Imrie, Tom Wilkinson and Lena Headey also lending support