Exhausted by years of war, Winston Churchill awaits the 1944 Normandy landings, which he believes will be a disaster.
Brian Cox as Winston Churchill
Miranda Richardson as Clementine Churchill
John Slattery as General Dwight D. Eisenhower
Julian Wadham as General Bernard Montgomery
Richard Durden as General Jan Smuts
Ella Purnell as Helen Garrett
Danny Webb as General Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke
Jonathan Aris as Air Chief Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory
George Anton as Admiral Bertram Ramsay
Steven Cree as Group Captain James Stagg
James Purefoy as King George VI
Peter Ormond as Asa Briggs
Angela Costello as Kay Summersby
Kevin Findlay as Fanshawe
Miro Teplitzky as Adjutant Howard