Churchill's secret / a co-production of Daybreak Pictures and Masterpiece for ITV ; producer, Timothy Bricknell ; adapted for television by Stewart Harcourt ; director, Charles Sturridge.

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It is the summer of 1953 and Nurse Appleyard is rushed to a secret location where she discovers her patient is Winston Churchill, the elderly Prime Minister. Churchill has suffered a stroke and may not last the weekend. As Churchill's wife and family gather at his bedside, long-buried tensions rise...

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Corporate Authors: Daybreak Pictures (Production company)
ITV (Firm)
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Other Authors: Sturridge, Charles (Film director)
Harcourt, Stewart (Screenwriter)
Bricknell, Timothy (Film producer)
Gambon, Michael (Actor)
Duncan, Lindsay (Actor)
Garai, Romola, 1982- (Actor)
Paterson, Bill, 1945- (Actor)
Fitzgerald, Tara, 1968- (Actor)
Stirling, Rachael, 1977- (Actor)
Kennedy, Patrick, 1977- (Actor)
McKay, Christian, 1973- (Actor)
Larkin, Chris, 1967- (Actor)
Lewis, Daisy (Actor)
Marsh, Matthew (Actor)
Standing, John, 1934- (Actor)
Wilby, James (Actor)
Jennings, Alex (Actor)
Macfadyen, Matthew, 1974- (Actor)
Smith, Jonathan, 1942-
Language:English
Published: [Arlington, Virginia] : PBS.org/Masterpiece, [2016]
Edition:[Press preview edition].
Subjects:
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965 > Drama.
Churchill family > Drama.
Churchill family.
Churchill, Winston, > 1874-1965.
Prime ministers > Great Britain > Drama.
Nurses > Drama.
Cerebrovascular disease > Patients > Drama.
Cerebrovascular disease > Patients.
Nurses.
Prime ministers.
Great Britain.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Made-for-TV movies.
Television adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Made-for-TV movies.
Television adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Other Uniform Title:Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
Format: Video DVD

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