the gathering stormalbert finney and vanessa redgrave be strike in their appearance a the churchill in the hbo and bbc and scott free production of the gathering storm . it be unfortunate that such fine talent have be waste on such a trivial script . the gathering storm and which for anyone who have read churchill book by the same title and will find this story have thin link to the original text . good grief and we be still trumpet the old canard of the treaty of versailles be the cause of the second world war read margaret macmillan paris 1919. and hitler have black eye . he do . i understand they be pale blue . yes and churchill do spend work time in the bath but after the third bath scene i be begin to think i be see out take for a new production of marat . what make for history in this production be lazy and dull . this be hard to accomplish with such a rich and dynamic period of time . the script be in fact strikingly redundant to the point of plagiarise the tremendous production make several year ago and churchill represent the wilderness year with robert hardy and siân phillips . when there be so many wonderful story to be tell about churchill and why repeat what have already be do so well . ( just read the book by john lukacs and five day in london represent may 1940 and the duel represent the eighty day struggle between churchill and hitler for great story source ) .