Edward & Mrs. Simpson

TV Series

1978 Romantic drama

Country

United Kingdom

Edward VIII's liaison with Mrs. Simpson scandalised the country and led to his abdication. The series portrays both the romance between King and divorcee, and the political manoeuvring involved.

Company

Masterpiece TheatreMasterpiece TheatreMasterpiece Theatre

Starring

Peggy Ashcroft

Nigel Hawthorne

Edward Fox

Cynthia Harris

David Waller

John Shrapnel

Andrew Ray

Jessie Matthews

Charles Keating

Peter Ellis

Amanda Reiss

T.R. Bowen

Patricia Hodge

Elsie Randolph

Gary Waldhorn

Nuala Barrie

Rosanne Wickes

Wensley Pithey

Patrick Troughton

Marius Goring

Maurice Denham

Edward Jewesbury

Simon Cadell

Ed Devereaux

Robert Flemyng

Hugh Fraser

William Hoyland

Geoffrey Lumsden

Gerald Sim

Michael Stroud

Kika Markham

Cherie Lunghi

Jeremy Child