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Two-part drama telling the story of the youngest child of George V and Queen Mary, an epileptic with learning difficulties who was unable to take part in public life.
Stephen Poliakoff's Emmy award-winning drama tells the story of Prince Johnnie, 'The Lost Prince'.
Through young Prince Johnnie's eyes, the grandeur and pomp of Edwardian Britain are unfurled. Johnnie is a charming and attractive boy, loved for his frankness by his ailing grandfather King Edward VII, uninhibited and with an eccentric view of the world quite alien to his parents. He also suffers from epilepsy and so he and his devoted nanny Lalla are to be exiled to Sandringham in Norfolk. Though distanced from his father King George V and his mother Queen Mary, Prince Johnnie still remains a witness to the collapse of this apparently indestructible dynasty into the chaos of the First World War.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Queen Mary | Miranda Richardson |
| Lalla | Gina McKee |
| George V | Tom Hollander |
| Edward VII | Michael Gambon |
| Georgie | Rollo Weeks |
| Stamfordham | Bill Nighy |
| Queen Alexandra | Bibi Andersson |
| Asquith | Frank Finlay |
| Lloyd George | Ron Cook |
| Mr Hansell | John Sessions |
| Fred | David Westhead |
| Tsarina Alexandra | Ingeborga Dapkunaite |
| Tsar Nicholas | Ivan Marevich |
| Dr Hetherington | Jonathan Coy |
| Dr Longhurst | John Rowe |
| Fine Looking Woman | Fritha Goodey |
| Knutsford | Nicholas Palliser |
| Suffragette | Henrietta Voigts |
| Young Mary | Mary Nighy |
| May | Kate Manning |
| Fat Mary | Roz McCutcheon |
| Violinist | Martin Wimbush |
| Bertie | Craig Shenton |
| Writer | Stephen Poliakoff |
| Director | Stephen Poliakoff |
| Producer | John Chapman |
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The Stephen Poliakoff Collection
A collection of Dramas originated by award-winning writer and director Stephen Poliakoff.
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