Lillie

Synopsis

Lillie is a British television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV and broadcast from 24 September to 17 December 1978. The thirteen one-hour episodes were run on PBS Masterpiece Theater beginning in March 1979. 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. Annis won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Actress for the role in 1979. 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.

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Details

Type

TV series

Release date

September 24, 1978

Runtime

50 min

Seasons

1

Episodes

13

Countries

United Kingdom