Darkest Hour

Never never never surrender

In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

Drama History

Gary Oldman

(Winston Churchill)

Kristin Scott Thomas

(Clemmie)

Ben Mendelsohn

(King George VI)

Lily James

(Elizabeth Layton)

Ronald Pickup

(Neville Chamberlain)

Stephen Dillane

(Viscount Halifax)

Nicholas Jones

(Sir John Simon)

Samuel West

(Sir Anthony Eden)

David Schofield

(Clement Atlee)

Richard Lumsden

(General Ismay)

Malcolm Storry

(General Ironside)

Hilton McRae

(Arthur Greenwood)

Benjamin Whitrow

(Sir Samuel Hoare)

Joe Armstrong

(John Evans)

Adrian Rawlins

(Air Chief Marshal Dowding)

David Bamber

(Admiral Ramsay)

Paul Leonard

(Admiral Dudley Pound)

David Strathairn

(President Roosevelt (voice))

Eric MacLennan

(Tom Leonard)

Philip Martin Brown

(Sawyers)

Demetri Goritsas

(Cabinet Secretary Bridges)

Jordan Waller

(Randolph Churchill)

Alex Clatworthy

(Diana Churchill)

Mary Antony

(Mary Churchill)

Bethany Muir

(Sarah Churchill)

Anna Burnett

(Pamela Churchill)

Jeremy Child

(Lord Stanhope)

Brian Pettifer

(Lord Kingsley Wood)

Michael Gould

(Lord Londonderry)

Paul Ridley

(House of Commons Speaker)

Robin Pearce

(Ernle Hastings)

Michael Bott

(Equerry)

Olivier Broche

(Reynaud)

Mario Hacquard

(Daladier)

Pip Torrens

(BBC Producer)

Edmund Wiseman

(Actor)

Hannah Steele

(Abigail Walker)

Nia Gwynne

(Alice Simpson)

Ade Dee Haastrup

(Marcus Peters)

James Eeles

(Maurice Baker)

Flora Nicholson

(Jessie Sutton)

Bronte Carmichael

(Young Girl on Tube)

Roisin O'Neill

(Agnes Dillon)

John Locke

(Oliver Wilson)

Joanna Neary

(Margaret Jerome)

Richard Glover

(Brigadier Nicholson)

Tom Ashley

(Ramsay Staffer)

Joshua Higgott

(Reporter)

Imogen King

(Teenage Girl at Tube Map)

Miles Gallant

(Naval Map-Room Officer)

Faye Marsay

(Sybil)

John Atterbury

(Sir Alexander Cadogan)

James Harkness

(AD Nicholl (Secretary #1))

Joshua James

(W D Wilkinson (Secretary #2))

Charley Palmer Rothwell

(Christopher Wilson (Photographer))

Patsy Ferran

(Maid)

Sarah Flind

(Cook)

Steffan Donnelly

(Back Bencher)

Kieran Buckeridge

(Cecil Beaton)

Johnny Otto

(Member of Parliament (uncredited))