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.
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
Matthew Wyn Davies
as Corentin Charboneau
Owen Oldroyd
as Office Manager
