Royal Family (film)
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Royal Family (also known as The Royal Family)[3] is a British television documentary about the family of Queen Elizabeth II. It originally aired on BBC 1 and ITV in June 1969. The film attracted over 38 million viewers in the United Kingdom, and was sold around the world and seen by an estimated 350 million people.[4] The Queen later had the documentary banned;[5][6] it has not been shown on British TV since 1977,[7] and access to view the film was heavily restricted.[8] In early 2021 it was leaked and published on the internet.[5][6] The film remains available to view on the video-sharing platform YouTube and the digital library website Internet Archive.
Royal Family | |
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Written by | Antony Jay |
Directed by | Richard Cawston |
Starring | |
Narrated by | Michael Flanders |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Richard Cawston |
Running time | 110 mins[1][2] |
Production companies | BBC, ITV |
Original release | |
Network | BBC1, BBC2, ITV |
Release | 21 June 1969 (1969-06-21) |