Edward the Seventh (television)
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Edward the Seventh was a TV drama series, made by ATV in 13 one-hour episodes.
Based on the biography of Edward VII by Sir Philip Magnus, it starred Timothy West as the elder Edward VII and Charles Sturridge as Edward in his youth, Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Deborah Grant and Helen Ryan as Queen Alexandra (the former as a young woman, the latter in later life), Robert Hardy as the Prince Consort, Alison Leggatt as the Duchess of Kent, and Felicity Kendal as Princess Vicky (later Empress Frederick of Germany). it was directed by John Gorrie, who wrote episodes 7-10 with David Butler writing the remainder of the series.
Francesca Annis was featured in two episodes as Lillie Langtry which lead to Butler writing a full series about Mrs. Langtry's life for Annis to star in entitled Lillie.
It was first broadcast on TV between April and June 1975. In the United States it was shown under the title 'Edward the King'.
