Edward the Seventh

Apr 01, 1975 (en) Drama [50] Min
  • First Air Date
    Apr 01, 1975
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    68%
  • Original title
    Edward the Seventh
  • Release
    Apr 01, 1975
  • en
    -

Overview

Edward the Seventh is a 1975 television drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes. Based on the biography of Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred Timothy West as the elder Edward VII and Simon Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge as Edward in his youth, Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Deborah Grant and Helen Ryan as Queen Alexandra, Robert Hardy as the Prince Consort, Alison Leggatt as the Duchess of Kent, and Felicity Kendal as Princess Vicky. It was directed by John Gorrie, who wrote episodes 7-10 with David Butler writing the remainder of the series. The series also featured John Gielgud as Benjamin Disraeli, Michael Hordern as William Ewart Gladstone, Harry Andrews as young Edward's tutor Colonel Bruce, Jane Lapotaire as Empress Marie of Russia, Christopher Neame as Kaiser Wilhelm II and, in one of his earliest roles, Charles Dance as Edward's eldest son Eddy, who died at the age of 28. Gielgud previously played Disraeli in the 1941 film The Prime Minister. The actresses playing Edward's mistresses include Moira Redmond as Alice Keppel and Carolyn Seymour as Daisy Greville. Francesca Annis was featured in two episodes as Lillie Langtry which led to Butler writing a full series about Mrs Langtry's life for Annis to star in, Lillie.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Lorna Mason

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Annette Crosbie

    Queen Victoria

  2. Timothy West

    Edward VII

  3. Christopher Neame

    Kaiser Wilhelm II

  4. Michael Hordern

  5. Robert Hardy

  6. Helen Ryan

    Queen Alexandra

  7. Felicity Kendal

    Princess Vicky

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 7 / Crews : 5

Specials ( )

Robert Hardy - In Depth

Episode: 1

Season 1 ( 1975-01-01)

The Boy

Episode: 1

An Experiment in Education

Episode: 2

The New World

Episode: 3

Alix

Episode: 4

A Hundred Thousand Welcomes

Episode: 5

The Invisible Queen

Episode: 6

Dearest Prince

Episode: 7

The Royal Quadrille

Episode: 8

Scandal

Episode: 9

The Years of Waiting

Episode: 10

King at Last

Episode: 11

The Peacemaker

Episode: 12

Good Old Teddy

Episode: 13
Apr 01, 1975 (en)
Drama
[50] Min
  • First Air Date Apr 01, 1975
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 68%
Original Title Edward the Seventh
en

Overview

Edward the Seventh is a 1975 television drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes. Based on the biography of Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it starred Timothy West as the elder Edward VII and Simon Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge as Edward in his youth, Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Deborah Grant and Helen Ryan as Queen Alexandra, Robert Hardy as the Prince Consort, Alison Leggatt as the Duchess of Kent, and Felicity Kendal as Princess Vicky. It was directed by John Gorrie, who wrote episodes 7-10 with David Butler writing the remainder of the series. The series also featured John Gielgud as Benjamin Disraeli, Michael Hordern as William Ewart Gladstone, Harry Andrews as young Edward's tutor Colonel Bruce, Jane Lapotaire as Empress Marie of Russia, Christopher Neame as Kaiser Wilhelm II and, in one of his earliest roles, Charles Dance as Edward's eldest son Eddy, who died at the age of 28. Gielgud previously played Disraeli in the 1941 film The Prime Minister. The actresses playing Edward's mistresses include Moira Redmond as Alice Keppel and Carolyn Seymour as Daisy Greville. Francesca Annis was featured in two episodes as Lillie Langtry which led to Butler writing a full series about Mrs Langtry's life for Annis to star in, Lillie.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Lorna Mason

    Producer