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Edward the Seventh
ATV just a 1975 television drama show, makes edward the Seventh in 1-3 events.
Based on the biography of Edward VII from Philip Magnus, it starred Timothy West since the elder Edward VII and Simon Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge since Edward in his youth, Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Deborah Grant and Helen Ryan as Queen Alexandra, Robert Hardy since the Prince Consort, Alison Leggatt Because 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 show also featured John Gielgud as Benjamin Disraeli, Michael Hordern as William Ewart Gladstone, Harry Andrews as youthful Edward's coach Colonel Bruce, Jane Lapotaire as Empress Marie of Russia, Christopher Neame as Kaiser Wilhelm II and, in one of his earliest characters, Charles Dance as Edward's eldest son Eddy, that perished at Age 28. Gielgud previously played Disraeli at the 1941 film The Prime Minister.
The actresses playing with Edward's mistresses comprise Moira Redmond as Carolyn Seymour and Alice Keppel as Daisy Greville. Francesca Annis was included since Lillie Langtry which led to Butler writing the complete show about Mrs Langtry's lifetime for Annis to star in, Lillie.
Released: 1975-04-01
Genre:
Drama