The Edwardians (anthology series)

The Edwardians is a television miniseries^[1] or anthology series^[2] which was produced by the BBC, and first aired on BBC Television in 1972–73.^[1] In the United States, the series aired on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre in 1974.^[1] Consisting of eight 90 minute episodes, each episode examines a different individual of historical importance from the Edwardian era with one episode being devoted to Henry Royce and Charles Rolls. The figures who have a single episode devoted to each are Horatio Bottomley; E. Nesbit; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Robert Baden-Powell; Marie Lloyd; Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick; and David Lloyd George.^[3]

Cast

• Thorley Walters as King Edward VII (in two episodes)^[4][5]
• Michael Jayston as Henry Royce
• Robert Powell as Charles Rolls
• Timothy West as Horatio Bottomley
• Judy Parfitt as E. Nesbit
• Nigel Davenport as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• Ron Moody as Robert Baden-Powell
• Georgia Brown as Marie Lloyd
• Virginia McKenna as Daisy Greville
• Anthony Hopkins as David Lloyd George

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Mr Rolls and Mr Royce"	Gerald Blake	Ian Curteis	21 November 1972 (1972-11-21)[6]
2	"Horatio Bottomley"	Alan Clarke	Julian Bond	28 November 1972 (1972-11-28)[7]
3	"E. Nesbit"	James Cellan Jones	Ken Taylor	5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)[8]
4	"Conan Doyle"	Brian Farnham	Jeremy Paul	12 December 1972 (1972-12-12)[9]
5	"Baden-Powell"	Robert Knights	John Prebble	19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)[10]
6	"The Reluctant Juggler"	Brian Farnham	Alan Plater	26 December 1972 (1972-12-26)[11]
7	"Daisy"	James Cellan Jones	David Turner	2 January 1973 (1973-01-02)[4]
8	"Lloyd George"	John Davies	Keith Dewhurst	9 January 1973 (1973-01-09)[5]

References

1. Television Review: MASTERPIECE THEATRE: THE EDWARDIANS. Vol. 275. 10 July 1974. p. 35. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
2. Hannah Andrews (2021). "3.1 Metabiography in 'Babs' and 'Daisy'". Biographical Television Drama. Springer International Publishing. p. 81. ISBN 9783030646783.
3. Stanton B. Garner (1999). Trevor Griffiths: Politics, Drama, History. University of Michigan Press. p. 105.
4. "The Edwardians: Daisy". BBC Programme Index. 2 January 1973. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
5. "The Edwardians: Lloyd George". BBC Programme Index. 9 January 1973. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
6. "The Edwardians: Mr Rolls and Mr Royce". BBC Programme Index. 21 November 1972. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
7. "The Edwardians: Horatio Bottomley". BBC Programme Index. 28 November 1972. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
8. "The Edwardians: E. Nesbit". BBC Programme Index. 5 December 1972. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
9. "The Edwardians: Conan Doyle". BBC Programme Index. 12 December 1972. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
10. "The Edwardians (Baden-Powell)". BBC Programme Index. 19 December 1972. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
11. "The Edwardians: The Reluctant Juggler". BBC Programme Index. 16 December 1972. Retrieved 7 October 2021.

External links

• The Edwardians at IMDB