Prince Regent (TV series)
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Prince Regent is a British period television series made and transmitted by the BBC in 1979. It depicts the life of George IV from his youth time as prince regent and his reign as King. It consists of eight episodes of 50 minutes.[1]
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Genre | Period drama |
Written by | Ian Curteis |
Directed by | Michael Simpson Michael Hayes |
Starring | Peter Egan Nigel Davenport Keith Barron |
Theme music composer | Carl Davis |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 8 |
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Producer | Colin Tucker |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
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Network | BBC1 |
Release | 4 September (1979-09-04) ā 30 October 1979 (1979-10-30) |
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The series stars Peter Egan as George IV throughout his youth, regency, and first year of his reign, with Nigel Davenport as King George III, and Susannah York as Maria Fitzherbert. It was primarily directed by Michael Simpson, with Michael Hayes directing the fourth episode, and primarily written by Robert Muller, as well as Nemone Lethbridge, Ian Curteis, and Reg Gadney in other episodes.