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 as Mercedes Gleitze
- John Locke as Harold Best
- Victoria Summer as Edith Gade
- James Wilby as Mr. Havers
- Douglas Hodge as The Newsreader
- Justin Hayward as Leonard Clay
- Michael Cronin as Steamship Captain
- Sam Bullen as P.J. Templeton
- John Tolputt as Sir Arthur Coleridge
- Mike Skinner as Dr. H.W. Phillips