Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill

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| runtime =

| writer = Julian Mitchell

| director = James Cellan Jones

| producer = Andrew Brown

| executive_producer = Stella Richman

| starring = Lee Remick
Ronald Pickup

| country = United Kingdom

| company = Thames Television

| network =

| first_aired = {{start date|df=y|1974|11|5}}

| last_aired = {{end date|df=y|1974|12|17}}

| num_series = 1

| num_episodes = 7

| list_episodes =

}}

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill is a British television period serial made by Thames Television and broadcast in 1974. It stars Lee Remick in the title role of Jennie Jerome, who became Lady Randolph Churchill. The series covers the time period from 1873 to 1921. In the United States, the series was aired as part of PBS' Great Performances.{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Les |title=Film on Welfare to Open Pbs Year |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/09/archives/film-on-welfare-to-open-pbs-year-wiseman-documentary-2-hours-long.html |work=The New York Times |date=9 September 1975 |access-date=5 April 2019 |issn=0362-4331}}

The series was nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards at the 28th Primetime Emmy Awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, and four BAFTA TV Awards. Remick was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Jennie Jerome and won both Golden Globe and BAFTA awards.

Cast

Lee Remick as Jennie Jerome
Ronald Pickup as Lord Randolph Churchill
Warren Clarke as Winston Churchill
Cyril Luckham as Duke of Marlborough
Jeremy Brett as Count Karel Kinsky
Christopher Cazenove as George Cornwallis-West
Joanna David as Princess Alexandra
Thorley Walters as Edward, Prince of Wales
Siân Phillips as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
Zoë Wanamaker as John Oliver Hobbes
Anna Fox as Clementine Churchill
Rachel Kempson as Duchess of Marlborough
Barbara Parkins as Leonie Jerome
Dan O'Herlihy as Leonard Jerome
Malcolm Stoddard as Jack Churchill
Charles Kay as Montagu Phippen Porch
Patrick Troughton as Benjamin Disraeli

Claire Adams as baby Winston Churchill

Episodes

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{{Episode list

| align="center" || EpisodeNumber = 1

| aligh="center" || EpisodeNumber2 = 1

| Title = Jennie Jerome

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|5|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Jennie Jerome, an American heiress, meets British aristocrat Lord Randolph Churchill.

| LineColor = 08088A

}}

{{Episode list

|| EpisodeNumber = 2

| align="center" || EpisodeNumber2 = 2

| Title = Lady Randolph

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|12|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = A feud between Randolph and the Prince of Wales results in the assignment to Ireland for Randolph and the family.

| LineColor = 08088A

}}

{{Episode list

|| EpisodeNumber = 3

| align="center" || EpisodeNumber2 = 3

| Title = Recovery

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|19|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Randolph's career is on the rise. Jennie becomes involved with Count Kinsky.

| LineColor = 08088A

}}

{{Episode list

|| EpisodeNumber = 4

| align="center" || EpisodeNumber2 = 4

| Title = Triumph and Tragedy

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|11|26|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Randolph's erratic behavior is a reflection of his illness. Jennie and Kinsky love each other with passion but Randolph needs Jennie in his final moments. She goes away with Randolph knowing that Kinsky will finish their relationship.

| LineColor = 08088A

}}

{{Episode list

|| EpisodeNumber = 5

| align="center" || EpisodeNumber2 = 5

| Title = A Perfect Darling

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|12|3|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Five years after the death of Randolph, Jennie meets George Cornwallis-West, who is the same age as her son Winston. She charters the hospital ship {{ship|RFA|Maine|1887|6}} to care for those wounded in the Second Boer War and creates The Anglo-Saxon Review. She marries George.

| LineColor = 08088A

}}

{{Episode list

|| EpisodeNumber = 6

| align="center" || EpisodeNumber2 = 6

| Title = His Borrowed Plumes

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|12|10|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Jennie solves her money problems by writing her memoirs and plays. She divorces an unfaithful George and becomes involved in her sons' lives.

| LineColor = 08088A

}}

{{Episode list

|| EpisodeNumber = 7

| align="center" || EpisodeNumber2 = 7

| Title = A Past and a Future

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|1974|12|17|df=y}}

| ShortSummary = Jennie feels lonely and worthless until she meets another much younger man, Montagu Phippen Porch. They marry and are very happy. Three years later, she has an accident and dies.

| LineColor = 08088A

}}