Drama / History /

Score: 52%( 5 votes )

Overview: The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of the 1920s England.

Cast:

Kirsten Callaghan
Mercedes Gleitze

John Locke
Harold Best

Victoria Summer
Edith Gade

James Wilby
Mr. Havers

Douglas Hodge
The Newsreader

Justin Hayward
Leonard Clay

Michael Cronin
Steamship Captain

Sam Bullen
P.J. Templeton

John Tolputt
Sir Arthur Coleridge

Mike Skinner
Dr. H.W. Phillips

Matthew Wyn Davies
Corentin Charboneau

Owen Oldroyd
Office Manager

Kenneth Omole
Jazz Club Compare

James Wingate
Oarsman

David Aitchison
Samuel Huntington