The life and times of Edward VII dramatised for the television. The BAFTA award winning 1975 drama comes to DVD for the first time! Episode titles: The Boy Experiment In Education The New World Alix A Hundred Thousand Welcomes The Invisible Queen Dearest Prince The Royal Quadrille Scandal The Years of Waiting King At Last The Peacemaker Good Old Teddy!
This is an amazing and sumptuous multi-BAFTA award winning drama series made for ITV in 1975 by Lew Grade"s ATV network.
Being an old television drama, I was not expecting much, but in fact I was astonished at just how compelling the series was to watch - that applies to all 13 episodes! The studio set designs are lavish (the quality and attention to detail is incredible and this is reflected in a well deserved BAFTA award in 1976 for "Best Design"), the colour is sumptuous, the script is historically accurate and sharply written. The performances from Annette Crosbie (she rightly won a "Best Actress" BAFTA in 1976 for her performance), Robert Hardy, Helen Ryan and Timothy West (as Edward VII) are all faultless. You will find it hard to resist viewing at least 2 or 3 episodes an evening!
The camera work is gentle and does not intrude on the scenes (unlike the fast twitchy camera work of today)
If you listen to the commentary (available on some episodes) you will hear interesting and amusing comments/anecdotes from Annette Crosby, Timothy West and the Director.
This is television drama at its best and, yes, it also won a BAFTA in 1976 for "Best Drama Series".
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