The Gathering Storm is a BAFTA and Emmy award winning BBC-HBO co-produced television biographical movie about Winston Churchill's life in the years just prior to World War II.

The title of the film is the same as the title of the first volume of Churchill's largely autobiographical six-volume history of the war. This volume covered the period 1919 to 10 May 1940, the day he became prime minister.

The film starred Albert Finney as Churchill and Vanessa Redgrave as his wife Clementine Churchill ("Clemmie"); Finney gained many accolades for what has come to be regarded as a definitive portrayal of Churchill. The film also features a stellar supporting cast of popular British actors such as Derek Jacobi, Ronnie Barker, Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Celia Imrie, Linus Roache and Hugh Bonneville. Other familiar faces include Simon Williams and Edward Hardwicke, who both make brief appearances amongst the supporting cast.

The film was directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Hugh Whitemore.

Among the film's executive producers were Ridley Scott and Tony Scott.

The Gathering Storm is a television biographical movie, about Winston Churchill's life in the years just prior to, and at the start of, World War II, from 1936 to 1940.

It was a joint production of the BBC and NBC, made in 1974; it starred Richard Burton as Churchill.

The film has the same name as the first volume of Churchill's largely autobiographical six-volume history of the war. This volume covers the period from 1919 to 10 May 1940, the day he became prime minister.

Although another film about Churchill, made in 2002, was also called The Gathering Storm, it bears little resemblance to the 1974 one.

A love story offering an intimate look inside the marriage of Winston and Clementine Churchill (Albert Finney and Vanessa Redgrave) during a particularly troubled, though little-known, moment in their lives. In the years before World War II, Churchill found himself on the fringe of British politics: a lone voice in crying out in the wilderness as he warned his country and the world of a Nazi threat. Together with Clementine, he had to confront the personal demons of depression, and the specter of insolvency, before he could reemerge as a reinvigorated political leader and hero. Written by

Albert Finney offers an excellent presenttaion of Winston Churchill in the years immediately before World War II. Facing a rising Nazi germany, most of the British Parliament chooses to look the other way in hopes of peace. Parliament even votes to send Germany airplane engines. Against the wisdom of the other party members, Churchill preaches against the Nazi threat. But the aspect of the film that makes the story a standout is the personal relationship and love he had with his wife, Clementine (Vanessa Redgrave). Churchill's arrogance strains his family and personal relationships, including his wife. When she announces she wants to go on a trip, Churchill accuses her of being selfish, which ignites her. She goes on the trip, leaving Churchill with the worry that she will not return or has started a shipboard romance with an art dealer. Eventually she does return and Churchill welcomes her with the same passion he has for his politics. Written by John Sacksteder