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
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