Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

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.

Drama

Seasons

1. Jennie Jerome

Air Date: 1974-11-05

Cowes 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.

2. Lady Randolph

Air Date: 1974-11-12

Jennie 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...

3. Recovery

Air Date: 1974-11-19

Randolph'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.

4. Triumph and Tragedy

Air Date: 1974-11-26

Randolph 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.

5. A Perfect Darling

Air Date: 1974-12-03

Five 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.

6. His Borrowed Plumes

Air Date: 1974-12-10

Jennie'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.

7. A Past and a Future

Air Date: 1974-12-17

In 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.

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Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

1974-11-05

Episodes

7 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Lee Remick

Lee Remick

Jennie

Production Companies

Thames Television

Thames Television