Edward and Mrs Simpson

1978, drama

60 minutes

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...

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Edward Fox

Edward Fox

King Edward VIII (7 episodes)

Cynthia Harris

Wallis Warfield Simspon (7 episodes)

David Waller

Stanley Baldwin (6 episodes)

Andrew Ray

Andrew Ray

Duke of York (5 episodes)

Peggy Ashcroft

Queen Mary (5 episodes)

Nigel Hawthorne

Nigel Hawthorne

Walter Monkton (5 episodes)

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Major Alexander Hardinge (5 episodes)

Charles Keating

Charles Keating

Ernest Simpson (4 episodes)

Peter Ellis

Osborne (4 episodes)

Amanda Reiss

Duchess of York (4 episodes)

Jessie Matthews

Jessie Matthews

Aunt Bessie Merryman (4 episodes)

Gary Waldhorn

Chips Channon (3 episodes)

Patricia Hodge

Patricia Hodge

Lady Diana Cooper (3 episodes)

Nuala Barrie

Queen Mary’s Lady in Waiting (3 episodes)

Elsie Randolph

Elsie Randolph

Lady Colefax (3 episodes)

Rosanne Wickes

Princess Mary (3 episodes)

Wensley Pithey

Winston Churchill (3 episodes)

Patrick Troughton

Patrick Troughton

Clement Atlee (3 episodes)

Marius Goring

Marius Goring

King George V (2 episodes)

Edward Jewesbury

Lord Dawson (2 episodes)

Simon Cadell

Simon Cadell

Major John Aird (2 episodes)

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury (2 episodes)

Hugh Fraser

Hugh Fraser

Anthony Eden (2 episodes)

T.R. Bowen

T.R. Bowen

Duff Cooper (as Trevor Bowen) (2 episodes)

Gerald Sim

Gerald Sim

Theodore Goddard (2 episodes)

Geoffrey Lumsden

Geoffrey Dawson (2 episodes)

Ed Devereaux

Ed Devereaux

Lord Beaverbrook (2 episodes)

Michael Stroud

Esmond Harmsworth (2 episodes)

Robert Flemyng

Robert Flemyng

Sir Donald Somervell (2 episodes)

Cherie Lunghi

Cherie Lunghi

Lady Thelma Furness (1 episode)

Jeremy Child

Jeremy Child

Piers Leigh (1 episode)

Jay Neill

RSM Reeves (1 episode)

Alec Bregonzi

Luigi (1 episode)

Kika Markham

Kika Markham

Freda Dudley Ward (1 episode)

Caroline Embling

Angie (1 episode)

John Kidd

Sir Percy Watkins (1 episode)

Roy Pattison

CSM Owen (1 episode)

Derek Fuke

RQMS Neale (1 episode)

Petal Allen

Colonial Wife (1 episode)

Elin Jenkins

Maid (1 episode)

Walter Henry

Lady Furness’s Butler (uncredited) (1 episode)

Roger Hammond

Roger Hammond

Sir Harold Nicolson (1 episode)

Richard Waring

Lord Darby (1 episode)

Bessie Love

Bessie Love

Lady Cunard (1 episode)

Antony Brown

Hugh Lloyd Thomas (as Anthony Brown) (1 episode)

Peter Schofield

Peter Schofield

Head Cook (1 episode)

Patrick Brock

King’s Secretary (1 episode)

Alvar Liddell

Radio Announcer (1 episode)

Dominic Cox

Boy with Mouth Organ (1 episode)

Clifford Earl

Clifford Earl

Footman (1 episode)

Roger Hume

Roger Hume

Humphrey Butler (1 episode)

Richard Kay

Godfrey Thomas (1 episode)

Hugh Martin

Official (1 episode)

Julia McCarthy

Mrs Quinn (1 episode)

Phil McCaul

Thomas Quinn (1 episode)

Elaine Wells

Mrs Dalby (1 episode)

David King

Lord Kelmsley (1 episode)

Trevor Ray

Walter Frampton (1 episode)

Peter Clapham

Archibald Travers (1 episode)

Raymond Francis

Mr Justice Hawke (1 episode)

John Horsley

John Horsley

Norman Birkett K.C. (1 episode)

Louis Mansi

Dante Busclia (1 episode)

Terence Rigby

Terence Rigby

Stanley Bruce (1 episode)

John Abbott

John Abbott

Mouth Organist (1 episode)

Christopher Holmes

Stoker Aldridge (as Chris Holmes) (1 episode)

Tony Church

Sir Samuel Hoare (1 episode)

William Hoyland

Lord Perry Brownlow (1 episode)

John Harvey

John Harvey

Sir John Reith (1 episode)

Ron Gregory

Major Edward Metcalfe (1 episode)

Robert Harris

Speaker of the House of Commons (1 episode)

Rodney Lovick

George Lambert (1 episode)

Caroline Mary Simmons

Lady Alexandra Metcalfe (1 episode)

Crew

Production

Andrew Brown

Producer (7 episodes)

Brenda Ennis

Associate producer (7 episodes)

Joyce Gallie

Casting (7 episodes)

David Graham

Casting (7 episodes)

Costume and make-up

Diane Thurley

Costume Designer (7 episodes)

Sally Thorpe

Makeup & Hair (7 episodes)

Jennie Tate

Costume design (7 episodes)

Angela Seyfang

Makeup & Hair (7 episodes)

Writing

Simon Raven

Writer (7 episodes)

Frances Donaldson

Writer (7 episodes)

Andrew Brown

Writers' Production (1 episode)

Sound

Ron Grainer

Music (7 episodes)

Editing

Beryl Wilkins

Editor (7 episodes)

Art

Allan Cameron

Production design (7 episodes)

Martyn Hebert

Production design (7 episodes)

Directing

Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein

Director (7 episodes)

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