The Edwardians (1972)
The Edwardians is a 1972 drama series created by Mark Shivas. It stars Thorley Walters, Robert Powell and Michael Jayston.
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.
Cast
- Thorley Walters as King Edward VII
- Robert Powell as Charles Stewart Rolls
- Michael Jayston as Frederick Henry Royce
- Timothy West as Horatio Bottomley
- Judy Parfitt as Edith Nesbit
- Nigel Davenport as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Ron Moody as Robert Baden-Powell
- Georgia Brown as Marie Lloyd
- Virginia McKenna as Frances Evelyn 'Daisy' Greville
- Anthony Hopkins as David Lloyd George
- John Franklyn-Robbins as Ernest Claremont
- Barrie Cookson as Claude Johnson