

This powerful follow-up to “The Gathering Storm” follows Churchill from 1940 to 1945 as he guided his beleaguered nation through the crucible of the war years--even as his marriage was encountering its own struggles.
Acting
Gleeson's Churchill is a wounded bulldog in a sweating wig.
Production
War rooms so authentic you can practically smell the stale tea.

Director
Thaddeus O'Sullivan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gleeson gained 30 pounds and learned Churchill's actual mannerisms from rare home footage, not just newsreels.
This was HBO's companion piece to 'The Gathering Storm' (2002), but recast Albert Finney's role—making Gleeson the second Irishman to play Britain's most iconic Prime Minister in five years.
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