Edward the King 1975  TV, 520 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Gorrie
Cast: Timothy West, Annette Crosbie, Helen Ryan, Robert Hardy, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Robert Flemyng, Jane Lapotaire, Charles Sturridge, Michael Hordern, Simon Gipps-Kent, Charles Dance
This made-for-TV British miniseries covers the life of Queen Victoria's and Prince Albert's eldest son, "Bertie," who ascended to the throne as King Edward VIII. The biography involves the time span from his birth in 1840 until his death in 1910.
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 Great Expectations 1974  TV, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Hardy
Cast: Michael York, Sarah Miles, James Mason, Margaret Leighton, Robert Morley, Anthony Quayle, Joss Ackland, Rachel Roberts, Peter Bull, Heather Sears, Andrew Ray, Simon Gipps-Kent, James Faulkner, Sam Kydd, John Clive
This is a good remake of the Charles Dickens' classic concerning the orphan, Pip (Simon Gipps-Kent as young Pip and Michael York as older Pip), and his unknown benefactor. While growing up with his foster parents, blacksmith Joe Gargery and his wife (Joss Ackland and Rachel Roberts), Pip befriends convict Magwitch (James Mason) and comes to his aid. Later, Pip falls in love with his childhood friend Estella (Sarah Miles) who is the ward of the bitter Miss Havisham (Margaret Leighton) and has been taught to have different expectations about life than those of Pip. When Pip gains wealth through a mysterious benefactor who, it turns out, is Magwitch repaying Pip for his friendship, he does well in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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