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Edward VII
bookshelves: winter-20142015, biography, tv, victorian, edwardian, history
Recommended for: Susanna
Read from February 25 to March 01, 2015
Storyline: The life of Edward VII (1841 - 1910), the King of the United Kingdom. Before becoming the king he developed a reputation of a playboy which angered his mother, Queen Victoria. He was a reformer and modernizer, but also an elitist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm5b2...
Episode 1 of 13 - The Boy Episode 2 - An Experiment in Education Episode 3 - The New World Episode 4 - Alix 5 - A Hundred Thousand Welcomes6 - The Invisible Queen 7 - Dearest Prince8 - The Royal Quadrille 9 - Scandal10 - The Years of Waiting11 - King At Last12 - The Peace Maker13 - Good Old TeddyAnnette Crosbie ... Queen Victoria
Timothy West ... Prince of Wales
Helen Ryan ... Princess Alexandra
Felicity Kendal ... Princess Vicky
Jane Lapotaire ... Dowager Empress Dagmar
Michael Osborne ... Prince George
Guy Slater ... Charles Carrington / ... (6 episodes, 1975)
Michael Hordern ... W E Gladstone
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