Synopsis
Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.
Episodes
Season 11E1Jennie JeromeCowes Week, 1873; Jennie Jerome, a beautiful spirited young American, meets Lord Randolph Churchill aboard the flagship HMS Ariadne. There is an immediate and powerful attraction, and three days later Randolph proposes. Jennie accepts - but neither expect the total opposition they face to their engagement.60m2E2Lady RandolphJennie finds the Marlborough family overbearing and Blenheim Palace stuffy, but she knows as soon as her confinement is over she will resume her social life in London. A son, Winston, is born. Jennie's return to the London social scene is cut short by scandal...60m3E3RecoveryRandolph's political career recovers after a stint in Ireland but having grown apart from her husband, Jennie embarks upon an extramarital affair with a dashing Austro-Hungarian nobleman, Count Karel Kinsky.60m4E4Triumph and TragedyRandolph inexplicably resigns from his high post in the British government and begins acting more and more erratic. Soon, Jennie learns the horrible truth behind her husband's erratic behavior.60m5E5A Perfect DarlingFive years after the death of her first husband, Lord Randolph Churchill, Jennie gets re-married to George Cornwallis-West who is the same age as her oldest son Winston.60m6E6His Borrowed PlumesJennie's marriage to second husband George Cornwallis-West crumbles when famed actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell casts her roving eye upon George and they begin an extramarital affair.60m7E7A Past and a FutureIn 1918, at the age of 64, Jennie gets married for a third time to civil servant Montague Porch, who is three years younger than son Winston.60m
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