The Edwardians is a television miniseries[1]oranthology series[2] which was produced by the BBC, and first aired on BBC Television in 1972–73.[1] In the United States, the series aired on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre in 1974.[1] Consisting of eight 90 minute episodes, each episode examines a different individual of historical importance from the Edwardian era with one episode being devoted to Henry Royce and Charles Rolls. The figures who have a single episode devoted to each are Horatio Bottomley; E. Nesbit; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Robert Baden-Powell; Marie Lloyd; Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick; and David Lloyd George.[3]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
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1 | "Mr Rolls and Mr Royce" | Gerald Blake | Ian Curteis | 21 November 1972 (1972-11-21)[6] |
2 | "Horatio Bottomley" | Alan Clarke | Julian Bond | 28 November 1972 (1972-11-28)[7] |
3 | "E. Nesbit" | James Cellan Jones | Ken Taylor | 5 December 1972 (1972-12-05)[8] |
4 | "Conan Doyle" | Brian Farnham | Jeremy Paul | 12 December 1972 (1972-12-12)[9] |
5 | "Baden-Powell" | Robert Knights | John Prebble | 19 December 1972 (1972-12-19)[10] |
6 | "The Reluctant Juggler" | Brian Farnham | Alan Plater | 26 December 1972 (1972-12-26)[11] |
7 | "Daisy" | James Cellan Jones | David Turner | 2 January 1973 (1973-01-02)[4] |
8 | "Lloyd George" | John Davies | Keith Dewhurst | 9 January 1973 (1973-01-09)[5] |
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