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Edward and Mrs Simpson

1h1 SeasonTMDb 6.8

Drama

EnglishEnded

1 · The Little Prince

2 · Venus at the Prow

3 · The New King

4 · The Divorce

5 · The Decision

6 · Proposals

7 · The Abdication

Crew and Cast

Frances DonaldsonCreator
Simon RavenCreatorEdward FoxEdward FoxKing Edward VIIICynthia HarrisCynthia HarrisWallis Warfield Simspon
David WallerStanley BaldwinAndrew RayAndrew RayDuke of YorkPeggy AshcroftPeggy AshcroftQueen MaryNigel HawthorneNigel HawthorneWalter MonktonJohn ShrapnelJohn ShrapnelMajor Alexander HardingeCharles KeatingCharles KeatingErnest Simpson
Peter EllisOsborneJessie MatthewsJessie MatthewsAunt Bessie Merryman
Amanda ReissDuchess of YorkGary WaldhornGary WaldhornChips ChannonPatrick TroughtonPatrick TroughtonClement AtleePatricia HodgePatricia HodgeLady Diana Cooper
Nuala BarrieQueen Mary’s Lady in WaitingElsie RandolphElsie RandolphLady ColefaxWensley PitheyWensley PitheyWinston Churchill
Rosanne WickesPrincess MaryGerald SimGerald SimTheodore GoddardGeoffrey LumsdenGeoffrey LumsdenGeoffrey DawsonMarius GoringMarius GoringKing George VEd DevereauxEd DevereauxLord BeaverbrookHugh FraserHugh FraserAnthony EdenSimon CadellSimon CadellMajor John AirdEdward JewesburyEdward JewesburyLord DawsonRobert FlemyngRobert FlemyngSir Donald SomervellMaurice DenhamMaurice DenhamCosmo Lang · Archbishop of CanterburyT.R. BowenT.R. BowenDuff Cooper (as Trevor Bowen)
Michael StroudEsmond HarmsworthJohn HarveyJohn HarveySir John Reith

Storyline

While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the palace and in parliament, especially when King George V dies, Mrs. Simpson gets divorced, and King Edward announces his intention to marry her.

  • Thames Television

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Info

Status
Ended
First aired
8 November 1978
Last aired
20 December 1978
TMDB score
6.8 / 10 (6 votes)

Production

Created by
Frances Donaldson, Simon Raven
Studios
Thames Television
Countries
United Kingdom
Networks
ITV1

Episodes

Seasons
1
Episodes
7
Runtime
1h
Type
Miniseries
In production
No

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English