The Gathering Storm: Winston Churchill falls from being Chancellor of the Exchequer in the British Conservative government to being completely out of office after the Conservatives were first defeated in an election and then not being asked to take a role in the 1931 National Government. He retreats to his country home, Chartwell, where he begins a campaign to raise awareness of the threat posed by Germany due to Adolf Hitler's growing strength and influence, aided by knowledge provided to him secretly by Ralph Wigram of the British Foreign Office. Starring Richard Burton, Virginia McKenna, Robert Hardy, Ian Bannen, Robert Beatty, Angharad Rees, Robin Bailey, Patrick Stewart. Released 1974

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