Directed by:
Waris HusseinScreenplay:
Simon RavenComposer:
Ron GrainerCast:
Edward Fox, Peggy Ashcroft, Nigel Hawthorne, Cherie Lunghi, Jessie Matthews, John Shrapnel, Robert Flemyng, Ed Devereaux, Patrick Troughton, Bessie Love (more)Plots(1)
A BAFTA and Emmy winning production in which Edward Fox stars as Edward VIII, the man who abdicated for love. The story begins with Edward meeting American divorcee Mrs Wallis Simpson in 1930. Upon Edward succeeding to the throne in 1936, the crisis of the pair's romance was heightened and Edward was forced to step down, making his farewell broadcast to the nation in December of that year. (Network)
(more)Cast
![Edward Fox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/564/164564144_e2a405.jpg)
Edward Fox
UK
Best series:
Taboo (2017) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Shaka Zulu (1986) (series)
![Peggy Ashcroft](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/413/164413243_2e293c.jpg)
Peggy Ashcroft
UK
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
![Nigel Hawthorne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/075/164075812_f22f1a.jpg)
Nigel Hawthorne
UK
Best series:
Yes, Prime Minister (1986) (series)
Yes, Minister (1980) (series)
The Barchester Chronicles (1982) (series)
![Cherie Lunghi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270601_c0c06d.jpg)
Cherie Lunghi
UK
Best series:
Casualty 1907 (2008) (series)
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
![Jessie Matthews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279878_02fe79.jpg)
Jessie Matthews
UK
Best series:
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![John Shrapnel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886425_62baa4.jpg)
John Shrapnel
UK
Best series:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
Apparitions (2008) (series)
![Robert Flemyng](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099475_7a5da2.jpg)
Robert Flemyng
UK
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
The New Avengers (1976) (series)
![Ed Devereaux](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188260_011e05.gif)
Ed Devereaux
Australia
Best series:
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
Absolutely Fabulous (1992) (series)
![Patrick Troughton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272251_448968.jpg)
Patrick Troughton
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![Bessie Love](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270217_f3f994.jpg)
Bessie Love
USA
Best series:
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (series)
![Patricia Hodge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/758/163758039_ed2fbf.jpg)
Patricia Hodge
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
All Creatures Great and Small (2020) (series)
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) (series)
![Maurice Denham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762370_94bcaf.jpg)
Maurice Denham
UK
Best series:
Sherlock Holmes (1964) (series)
The Black Tower (1985) (series)
The Professionals (1977) (series)
![Kika Markham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/806/163806079_7ddbca.jpg)
Kika Markham
UK
Best series:
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1986) (series)
Call the Midwife (2012) (series)
Cracker (1993) (series)
![Hugh Fraser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273780_f0a791.jpg)
Hugh Fraser
UK
Best series:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Edge of Darkness (1985) (series)
![John Louis Mansi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/334/334304_cb014e.jpg)
John Louis Mansi
UK
Best series:
'Allo 'Allo! (1982) (series)
Ripping Yarns (1976) (series)
![Marius Goring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/948/157948875_266d72.jpg)
Marius Goring
UK
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Roger Hammond](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/116/160116672_427531.jpg)
Roger Hammond
UK
Best series:
Rome (2005) (series)
'Allo 'Allo! (1982) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
![Jeremy Child](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/397/160397808_71396b.jpg)
Jeremy Child
UK
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
The Persuaders! (1971) (series)
The Little Drummer Girl (2018) (series)
![Terence Rigby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/875/160875398_54e32e.gif)
Terence Rigby
UK
Best series:
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
David Waller
UK
Best series:
Chancer (1990) (series)