
The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

James Wilby
King George VI, aka 'Bertie'

Alan Bates
King George V

Juliet Aubrey
Queen Elizabeth

Eileen Atkins
Queen Mary

Dolly Wells
Princess Mary

Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Lady Mabel Airlie

Charles Edwards
David

Oliver Ford Davies
Archbishop Lang

Deborah Cornelius
Thelma Furness

Michael Elwyn
Lionel Logue

Amber Sealey
Wallis Simpson

Jeremy Child
Sir Samuel Hoare

David Ryall
Winston Churchill

Paul Brooke
Tommy Lascelles

David Burke
Lord Reith

Robert Hardy
President Roosevelt

Jeremy Swift
Royal Page

Helen Ryan
Queen Wilhelmina
Joanna Hole
East End woman

Elisabeth Dermot Walsh
Lillibet

Corin Redgrave
General Montgomery

Jack Whitehall
Little Boy (uncredited)

Denis Lill
Clement Attlee
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Details
Release Date
2002-06-04
Runtime
108 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
Whitehall Films
Carlton Television
GBH
Countries
United Kingdom
Genres
Drama
History
Romance