Edward the Seventh
Edward the Seventh
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Edward the Seventh

6.3 / 10
1975
1 season
13 episodes
Drama

Edward the Seventh is a 1975 television drama miniseries produced by ATV. Based on the biography of Edward VII by Philip Magnus, the series features depictions of a vast number of historical figures including, but not limited to, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Arthur Balfour, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Edward VII, George V, Napoleon III, Nicholas II of Russia, Queen Victoria, Wilhelm I, Wilhelm II, Winston Churchill, Henry John Temple, and Otto von Bismarck.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Boy

    01-01-197550m

    After only a year of marriage, Queen Victoria has not only given birth to a daughter but learns that she is again pregnant. The Queen takes her role seriously and is fully engaged...

  • Ep 2

    2.An Experiment in Education

    08-04-197550m

    The young Prince Albert, called Bertie by members of the family, is not having a particularly happy childhood. The elder Prince Albert has very definite views about his son's educa...

  • Ep 3

    3.The New World

    15-04-197550m

    After a successful tour of President Buchanan's America, young Prince Bertie returns home to find that his parents do not see it as a personal success rather one that can be attrib...

  • Ep 4

    4.Alix

    22-04-197550m

    Prince Bertie continues his military training but he is taken to deceiving his superiors and sneaking off with his friends to the music halls. His parents continue their search to...

  • Ep 5

    5.A Hundred Thousand Welcomes

    29-04-197550m

    With Queen Victoria in mourning, the Cabinet is concerned that her withdrawal from public duties will have a negative impact on her people. As a result, Bertie assumes many of the...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Invisible Queen

    06-05-197550m

    Bertie's family continues to grow but Princess Alix is not strong and suffers from general ill health including a bout with rheumatic fever. Politics continues to cause a rift in t...

  • Ep 7

    7.Dearest Prince

    13-05-197550m

    The Queen continues to refuse all attempts at giving her eldest son any responsibility in matters of State. After a very successful visit to Coventry, the new Prime Minister, Mr. D...

  • Ep 8

    8.The Royal Quadrille

    20-05-197550m

    Bertie visits Denmark along with the Russian Czar and the King of Greece. He also visits his sister Vicky and her husband Fritz, the Crown Prince of Prussia. Vicky is concerned abo...

  • Ep 9

    9.Scandal

    27-05-197550m

    Bertie faces scandal on two fronts. He agrees to assist Lady Brooke to retrieve a letter she wrote to her one-time lover, Lord Charles Beresford. She is now terrified that Lady Ber...

  • Ep 10

    10.The Years of Waiting

    03-06-197550m

    Britain finds itself at war in South Africa when British colonists attack the Transvaal government. But Queen Victoria still refuses to let Bertie have any role in matters of State...

  • Ep 11

    11.King at Last

    17-06-197550m

    After a nearly 60 year wait, Bertie becomes King upon the death of his mother Queen Victoria. There is much speculation as to whether he is up to the job. The King's nephew, the Ge...

  • Ep 12

    12.The Peacemaker

    24-06-197550m

    The King grows increasingly frustrated with his limited role as a constitutional monarch. His attempt at engineering a grand alliance with Germany is successful at one level but ul...

  • Ep 13

    13.Good Old Teddy

    01-07-197550m

    The King enters his final years in general ill health. He smokes too much and has put on too much weight. Britain concludes the triple alliance, concluding a pact with France and R...

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