Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

1h

Drama

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

Cast

Jennie Jerome

1. Jennie Jerome

1h

5th Nov 1974

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.

Lady Randolph

2. Lady Randolph

1h

12th Nov 1974

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...

Recovery

3. Recovery

1h

19th Nov 1974

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.

Triumph and Tragedy

4. Triumph and Tragedy

1h

26th Nov 1974

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.

A Perfect Darling

5. A Perfect Darling

1h

3rd Dec 1974

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.

His Borrowed Plumes

6. His Borrowed Plumes

1h

10th Dec 1974

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.

A Past and a Future

7. A Past and a Future

1h

17th Dec 1974

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.

First air date

5th Nov 1974

Last air date

17th Dec 1974

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

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