The Edwardians

Overview

The Edwardians is an eight-part miniseries broadcast in 1972–73. An anthology, each 90-minute episode explores influential figure(s) of the Edwardian era: Charles Rolls and Henry Royce; Horatio Bottomley; E. Nesbit; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Robert Baden-Powell; Marie Lloyd; Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick; and David Lloyd George.

Created by Mark Shivas

Network

• BBC One

Seasons & Episodes

Cast

• 

  Thorley Walters

  King Edward VII / Edward, Prince of Wales

  2 eps

• 

  Robert Powell

  Charles Stewart Rolls

  1 ep

• 

  Michael Jayston

  Frederick Henry Royce

  1 ep

• 

  Timothy West

  Horatio Bottomley

  1 ep

Themes

• victorian england
• anthology
• miniseries
• historical drama
• edwardian england
• biographical drama

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