This article is about the TV series based on the life of Edward VII. For other uses, see Edward VII (disambiguation).
Edward the Seventh
Also known as
Edward the King The Royal Victorians
Genre
Historical Drama
Written by
David Butler
John Gorrie
Philip Magnus
Directed by
John Gorrie
Starring
Annette Crosbie
Timothy West
Helen Ryan
Robert Hardy
Felicity Kendal
Theme music composer
Cyril Ornadel
Country of origin
United Kingdom
Original languages
English
German
French
No. of series
1
No. of episodes
13
Production
Producers
Cecil Clarke
Lorna Mason
Cinematography
Tony Imi
Running time
50 minutes
Production company
ATV
Original release
Network
ITV
Release
1 April (1975-04-01) – 1 July 1975 (1975-07-01)
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Edward the Seventh is a 1975 British historical drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes.
Based on the biography of King Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it stars Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Timothy West as the elder Edward VII, with Simon Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge as Edward during his youth. Helen Ryan and Deborah Grant featured as the elder and younger Queen Alexandra respectively. It was directed by John Gorrie, who wrote episodes 7–10 with David Butler writing the remainder of the series.
Only the final three episodes dramatised Edward as King (in line with his short, nine-year reign, which did not begin until he was nearly sixty years old). Annette Crosbie, who won a BAFTA for her performance, was given top billing in the series (appearing in ten out of the thirteen episodes).
It was first broadcast on TV between April and July 1975. In the United States it was shown under the title Edward the King, with episode introductions by Canadian-American broadcaster Robert MacNeil. In the UK, it is available as a four-disc DVD set, encoded for Region 0, by Network Video. It is also available for the North American market as a no-extras six-disc set.
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