Directed by:
Giles FosterComposer:
Ilona SekaczCast:
James Wilby, Alan Bates, Eileen Atkins, Dolly Wells, Juliet Aubrey, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Rupert Wickham, Charles Edwards, Alexandra Staden, Nicholas Pritchard (more)VOD (3)
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James Wilby and Juliet Aubrey portray the reluctant royals who became king and queen of England when Edward VIII gave up the throne for the woman he loved, on Bertie & Elizabeth. Albert, Duke of York, called Bertie, married Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon in 1923 after a storybook courtship. Expecting a life of genteel obscurity, they were thrust into the limelight in 1936 when Bertie's older brother, Edward VIII, abdicated to marry the twice-divorced American socialite Wallis Simpson. Shy, modest, and a habitual stutterer, Bertie was crowned King George VI just as his country faced the onslaught of World War II. With the help of his devoted Elizabeth, he rose magnificently to the challenge. (PBS)
(more)Cast
Gabrielle Lloyd
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Sleepy Hollow (1999)
The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
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David Burke
UK
Best movies:
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
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UK
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The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2016) (TV movie)
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Frozen (2013)
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UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
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Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Wire in the Blood (2002) (series)
Hidden (2011) (series)
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Jeremy Child
UK
Best movies:
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
Sharpe's Enemy (1994) (TV movie)
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Amber Sealey
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Big Nothing (2006)
Sweet Revenge (2001) (TV movie)
Bertie and Elizabeth (2002) (TV movie)
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Denis Lill
New Zealand
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Batman (1989)
Florence Nightingale (1985) (TV movie)
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Moray Watson
UK
Best movies:
Operation Crossbow (1965)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
The Grass Is Greener (1960)
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Anthony Smee
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
Hilary and Jackie (1998)
The English Patient (1996)
Peter Eyre
USA
Best movies:
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Julius Caesar (1970)
Joseph (1995) (TV movie)
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Geoffrey Beevers
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
G:MT Greenwich Mean Time (1999)