Victoria & Albert (TV serial)
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| genre = Period drama
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| director = John Erman
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| starring = Victoria Hamilton
Jonathan Firth
Peter Ustinov
Jonathan Pryce
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| composer = Alan Parker
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United States
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 2
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| executive_producer = Sue Deeks
Delia Fine
Doug Schwalbe
| producer = David Cunliffe
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| runtime = 100 minutes
| company = Own2feet Productions
Splendid Television for BBC
| channel = BBC One (UK)
A&E (U.S.)
| first_aired = {{start date|2001|8|26|df=yes}}
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Victoria & Albert was a 2001 British-American historical television serial. It focused on the early life and marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The series starred Victoria Hamilton as Victoria, Jonathan Firth as Prince Albert and Peter Ustinov as King William IV. It was directed by John Erman.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0262995/ {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
In the UK it was broadcast by the BBC, split into two parts of 100 minutes each. The series is now available on DVD.
Plot
The first episode covers Victoria's growth from bullied princess to reigning queen, and includes her romance and marriage with Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The second episode depicts Victoria's life from her first pregnancy to Albert's death, including their family life together and Albert's increasing public role. Each episode is begun and ended by a small section with the 'Old Victoria', at the age of about 78.
Cast
- Victoria Hamilton as Queen Victoria
- Jonathan Firth as Prince Albert
- Peter Ustinov as King William IV
- Delena Kidd as Queen Adelaide
- Penelope Wilton as The Duchess of Kent
- Nigel Hawthorne as Lord Melbourne
- Diana Rigg as Baroness Lehzen
- John Wood as The Duke of Wellington
- David Suchet as Baron Stockmar
- Jonathan Cecil as Page
- Patrick Malahide as Sir John Conroy
- James Callis as Prince Ernest of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Jonathan Pryce as King Leopold I of Belgium
- Crispin Redman as Mr. Anson
- Alec McCowen as Sir Robert Peel
- Michael Siberry as Henry Paget, Earl of Uxbridge
- Rachel Pickup as Henrietta (Hetty) Standish
- Crispin Bonham-Carter as Frederick Standish
- Simon Quarterman as Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales
- Richard Briers as Joseph Paxton
- Kate Maberly as Princess Alice
- Joyce Redman as aged Queen Victoria
- Zizi Strallen as Victoria, Princess Royal
- Billy Hicks as Prince Affie
References
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External links
- {{BBC programme}}
- {{IMDb title|id=0262995|title=Victoria & Albert}}
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Category:2001 American television series debuts
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Category:2000s American drama television series
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Category:2001 British television series debuts
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Category:2000s British drama television series
Category:2000s British television miniseries
Category:American biographical series
Category:BBC television dramas
Category:Cultural depictions of Edward VII
Category:Depictions of Queen Victoria on television
Category:Television shows shot at Elstree Film Studios
Category:Cultural depictions of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Category:BBC television miniseries
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television shows set in England
Category:Television series set in the 1830s
Category:Cultural depictions of William IV
Category:Cultural depictions of Leopold I of Belgium
Category:Cultural depictions of William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
Category:Cultural depictions of Robert Peel
Category:Cultural depictions of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington