Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978)
Edward and Mrs Simpson (1978)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Edward Fox
King Edward VIII
Cynthia Harris
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Andrew Brown
Producer / Writers' Production
David Waller
Stanley Baldwin
Simon Raven
Writer
Frances Donaldson
Writer
Peggy Ashcroft
Queen Mary
Brenda Ennis
Associate Producer
Nigel Hawthorne
Walter Monkton
Ron Grainer
Music
John Shrapnel
Major Alexander Hardinge
Beryl Wilkins
Editor
Andrew Ray
Duke of York
Jennie Tate
Costume Design
Jessie Matthews
Aunt Bessie Merryman
Diane Thurley
Costume Designer
Charles Keating
Ernest Simpson
Peter Ellis
Osborne
Peter Ellis
Osborne
Allan Cameron
Production Design
Martyn Hebert
Production Design
Joyce Gallie
Casting
David Graham
Casting
Angela Seyfang
Makeup & Hair
Sally Thorpe
Makeup & Hair
Waris Hussein
Director
John Harvey
Sir John Reith
Gerald Sim
Theodore Goddard
Roger Hammond
Sir Harold Nicolson
Terence Rigby
Stanley Bruce
Tony Church
Sir Samuel Hoare
Cherie Lunghi
Lady Thelma Furness
Geoffrey Lumsden
Geoffrey Dawson
Richard Waring
Lord Darby
Marius Goring
King George V
Bessie Love
Lady Cunard
Ed Devereaux
Lord Beaverbrook
Jeremy Child
Piers Leigh
Hugh Fraser
Anthony Eden
Jay Neill
RSM Reeves
Simon Cadell
Major John Aird
Clifford Earl
Footman
David King
Lord Kelmsley
Edward Jewesbury
Lord Dawson
Gary Waldhorn
Chips Channon
John Abbott
Mouth Organist
Alec Bregonzi
Luigi
Trevor Ray
Walter Frampton
Patrick Troughton
Clement Atlee
Robert Flemyng
Sir Donald Somervell
Patricia Hodge
Lady Diana Cooper
Kika Markham
Freda Dudley Ward
Maurice Denham
Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
Caroline Embling
Angie
John Kidd
Sir Percy Watkins
Roy Pattison
CSM Owen
Derek Fuke
RQMS Neale
Petal Allen
Colonial Wife
Elin Jenkins
Maid
Walter Henry
Lady Furness’s Butler (uncredited)
Antony Brown
Hugh Lloyd Thomas (as Anthony Brown)
Peter Schofield
Head Cook
Patrick Brock
King’s Secretary
Alvar Liddell
Radio Announcer
Dominic Cox
Boy with Mouth Organ
Roger Hume
Humphrey Butler
Richard Kay
Godfrey Thomas
Hugh Martin
Official
Julia McCarthy
Mrs Quinn
Phil McCaul
Thomas Quinn
Elaine Wells
Mrs Dalby
Peter Clapham
Archibald Travers
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 8, 1978
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes7
Running Time1h
Genres
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Edward & Mrs. Simpson is a seven-part British television series that dramatises the events leading to the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.
The series, made by Thames Television for ITV, was originally broadcast in 1978. Edward Fox played Edward, and Cynthia Harris portrayed Mrs. Simpson. The series was scripted by Simon Raven, based on Fox's maternal aunt Frances Donaldson's biography of the King, Edward VIII. It was produced by Andrew Brown, overseen by the Head of Drama at Thames Television Verity Lambert and directed by Waris Hussein. The incidental music was by Ron Grainer.
The series, broadcast in the US in 1979 as instalments of the nationally syndicated Mobil Showcase Network, won the 1980 Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, and BAFTA Awards in 1979 for Best Actor, Best Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Series or Serial. It has been released on DVD in Region 2 (UK) by Network, and in Region 1 (United States) by A&E.