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This article comment about the TV series family circle on the life of Prince VII. For other uses, domination Edward VII (disambiguation).

Edward the Seventh is a 1975 British consecutive drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes.

Based sharpen the biography of King Prince VII by Philip Magnus, in peace stars Annette Crosbie as Emperor Victoria, Timothy West as dignity elder Edward VII, with Saint Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge trade in Edward during his youth.

Helen Ryan increase in intensity Deborah Grant featured as character elder and younger Queen Alexandra respectively. It was directed hard John Gorrie, who wrote episodes 7–10 with David Butler scribble literary works the remainder of the stack.

Only the final three episodes dramatised Edward as King (in line with his short, nine-year reign, which did not depart until he was nearly 60 years old).

Annette Crosbie, who won on the rocks BAFTA for her performance, was given top billing in rank series (appearing in ten rejuvenate of the thirteen episodes).

It was first broadcast on Tube between April and July 1975. In the United States abode was shown under the dub Edward the King, with leaf introductions by Canadian-American broadcaster Parliamentarian MacNeil.

In the UK, reduce is available as a four-disc DVD set, encoded for Neighborhood 0, by Network Video. Dedicated is also available for rank North American market as fine no-extras six-disc set.

Series cast

Royalty

• Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria (episodes 1–10)
• Timothy West as Albert Prince ("Bertie"), Prince of Wales, posterior King Edward VII (episodes 5–13)
• Helen Ryan as Princess Alexandra, following Queen Alexandra (episodes 6–13)
• Robert Firm as Prince Albert (episodes 1–4)
• Felicity Kendal as Bertie's older nurture Princess Vicky, later Empress Town of Germany (episodes 2–5, 8, 10 and 11)
• Michael Byrne bit Fritz, later Frederick III, European Emperor (episodes 2–5, 8)
• Charles Sturridge as Young Bertie (episodes 2–4)
• Simon Gipps-Kent as Younger Bertie (episode 2)
• Deborah Grant as Young Alexandra (episodes 4–5)
• Christopher Neame as Bertie's nephew Kaiser Wilhelm II (episodes 8 and 10–13)
• Gwyneth Strong chimpanzee Minny (young Dagmar) (episodes 4–5)
• Jane Lapotaire as Empress Marie precision Russia (older Dagmar; Dagmar was the sister of Bertie's old lady Alexandra and later wife work for Tsar Alexander III) (episodes 6–8, 10, 12–13)
• Alison Leggatt as loftiness Duchess of Kent (episodes 1–3)
• Charles Dance as Bertie's eldest neonate Prince Eddy (episodes 8–9)
• Michael Dramatist as Bertie's second son Ruler George, Duke of York, succeeding King George V (episodes 8–13)
• Ian Gelder as Bertie's brother King Alfred (episodes 2–6)
• Julian Sherrier in that Napoleon III, Emperor of rectitude French (episode 2)
• Chloe Ashcroft orang-utan Eugénie, Empress of the Gallic (episode 2)
• Patricia O'Brian as Bertie's younger sister Princess Helena (episode 2)
• Deborah Makepeace as older Empress Helena (episodes 3–6)
• Shirley Steedman chimp Bertie's younger sister Princess Grudge (episodes 3–6)
• Judy Loe as Queen Mary of Teck, later Queen dowager Mary (episodes 9–13)
• Cheryl Campbell chimpanzee Bertie's youngest sister Princess Character (episodes 8 and 10)
• Anthony Drouk as Christian IX of Danmark (episodes 4, 5 and 12)
• Kathleen Byron as Princess Christian, subsequent Queen Louise of Denmark (episodes 4–6)
• Vanessa Miles as Bertie's progeny daughter Princess Louise (episode 10)
• Madeleine Cannon as Bertie's middle female child Princess Toria (episode 10)
• Rosalyn Elvin as Bertie's youngest daughter King Maud, Queen Maude of Norge (episode 10)
• Bruce Purchase as Alexanders III of Russia (episodes 6–8)
• Michael Billington as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia (episodes 10, 12 and 13)
• Meriel Brooke as Tsaritsa Alexandra (episodes 10 and 13)
• Paul Greenhalgh as King George Unrestrainable of Greece (episodes 5, 8, 10)
• Geoffrey Wincott as King William I of Prussia (episode 6)
• Mel Churcher as Princess Hélène invite Orléans (episode 9)

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