Lillie (TV series)
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Lillie is a British television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV and broadcast from 24 September to 17 December 1978.[1]
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Lillie | |
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Starring | Francesca Annis Anton Rodgers Denis Lill Peter Egan |
Music by | Joseph Horovitz |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Tony Wharmby |
Producer | Jack Williams |
Running time | 50 minutes |
Production company | LWT |
Original release | |
Network | ITV |
Release | 24 September (1978-09-24) ā 17 December 1978 (1978-12-17) |
This period serial stars Francesca Annis in the title role of Lillie Langtry. She had played the same character in the 1975 ATV series Edward the Seventh and many of its writers and directors helped to create this one.
Other actors featured include Anton Rodgers as Edward Langtry, Peter Egan as Oscar Wilde, Brian Deacon as Frank Miles, Jennie Linden as Patsy Cornwallis-West, Don Fellows as James Whistler, David Gwillim as Arthur Jones and Annette Crosbie as Henrietta Labouchere. Denis Lill played Bertie, the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII). He had played Frederick Ponsonby to Timothy West's Edward in the Edward the Seventh series.
The series has a total of 13 episodes. It is available on DVD in both the UK and North American markets, and has also been repeated on UKTV Drama.