Matthew Macfadyen joins Michael Gambon, Ramola Garai in cast of ITV's 'Churchill's Secret'

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By Karen Butler   |   June 22, 2015 at 10:02 AM



LONDON, June 22 (UPI) -- Romola Garai, Matthew Macfadyen, Daisy Lewis, Rachael Stirling and Tara Fitzgerald have joined the cast of the small-screen movie Churchill's Secret, ITV announced.

Garai will play nurse Millie Appleyard and the others will play former Prime Minister Winston Churchill's adult children.

"Set during the summer months of 1953, Churchill -- now Prime Minister for the second time and in his late 70s -- suffers a life-threatening stroke, which is kept secret from the world," a synopsis said. "Told from the viewpoint of his young nurse, Millie Appleyard, the drama follows his battle to recover as his long suffering wife Clemmie, desperately hopes the stroke will force Winston to retire while his political friends and foe scheme to plot who will succeed him. Meanwhile, his adult children descend on Chartwell, unsure if he will pull through, as tensions within his family begin to surface."

Filming is to begin this month in London, Hayes and at Churchill's principal family home, Chartwell in Kent. Churchill's Secret will be co-produced with Masterpiece where Rebecca Eaton is executive producer and will air in the United States on PBS in 2016


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Ewan McGregor's Salmon Fishing in the Yemen to open Palm Springs Fest (Digital Spy)

Published Friday, Dec 23 2011, 11:05pm EST | By Kristina Bustos | 1 comment

 

 

 

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Salmon Fishing in the Yemen is set to open the 23rd annual Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Based on Paul Torday's novel of the same name, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen tells the story of a fishery expert (Ewan McGregor), who travels to the Yemen after he is approached by a consultant (Emily Blunt) to make a sheik's vision of bringing fly-fishing to the Yemen a reality.

Directed by Dear John's Lasse Hallström and written by Slumdog Millionaire's Simon Beaufoy, the film also features Kristin Scott Thomas, Rachael Stirling and Amr Waked.

The film festival will take place in California from January 5 to January 16.

Earlier this month, McGregor said that he is interested in exploring sex in his films.

"In regards to the gay community and myself, I'm delighted, but I'm just interested in people and life," he said. "I'm interested in sexuality and sex, relationships and love and what makes us tick, and it doesn't matter whether that's heterosexual or gay romance."

Watch the trailer of Salmon Fishing in the Yemen below:

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