Churchill's Secret (Masterpiece)

In 1953, a year and a half after he'd begun his second stint at 10 Downing Street. Winston Churchill (Michael Gambon) suffered a debilitating stroke. The machinations that followed to keep the severity of his illness from the public, as well as the efforts of his wife Clementine (Lindsay Duncan) and nurse Millie Appleyard (Romola Garai) to effect an uncertain recovery, receive an effective dramatization here. Bill Paterson, Tara Fitzgerald, Rachael Stirling, Patrick Kennedy also star. 100 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.