The Edwardians
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.
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- Ep 1
1.Mr Rolls and Mr Royce
21-11-197290mIn the early 20th century, the motor car was not only new but was looked upon somewhat askance by almost everyone as something that was unreliable and had little future. Frederick...
- Ep 2
2.Horatio Bottomley
28-11-197290mOver several decades, Horatio Bottomley was a figure simply larger than life. Frequently sued for fraud or slander, he always defended himself in court and usually won. He was elec...
- Ep 3
3.E. Nesbit
05-12-197290mEdith Bland was a very successful author and poet who wrote under the name 'E. Nesbit'. Many of her books were for children and several, such as The Railway Children, were turned i...
- Ep 4
4.Conan Doyle
12-12-197290mSir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, has his own mystery to solve when he answers a call from George Edalji, who claims to have been falsely convicted of mutilating...
- Ep 5
5.Baden-Powell
19-12-197290mRobert Baden-Powell spent his life in the military and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General. A national hero for the defense of Mafeking in the Boer War and led the inhabitants t...
- Ep 6
6.The Reluctant Juggler
26-12-197290mTales of the Edwardian music hall and its entertainers
- Ep 7
7.Daisy
02-01-197390mDaisy, mistress of Edward VII and a convert to Socialism looks back at her life as she dictates her memoirs to Frank Harris.
- Ep 8
8.Lloyd George
09-01-197390mThe paradox of a politician who was once a force for social change, a negotiator and untiring philanderer.
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