The Edwardians is an eight-part miniseries broadcast in 1972–73. An anthology, each 90-minute episode explores influential figure(s) of the Edwardian era: Charles Rolls and Henry Royce; Horatio Bottomley; E. Nesbit; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; Robert Baden-Powell; Marie Lloyd; Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick; and David Lloyd George.
In the early 20th century, the motor car was not only new but was looked upon somewhat askance by almost everyone as something that was unreliable and had little future. Frederick…
Over several decades, Horatio Bottomley was a figure simply larger than life. Frequently sued for fraud or slander, he always defended himself in court and usually won. He was ele…
Edith Bland was a very successful author and poet who wrote under the name 'E. Nesbit'. Many of her books were for children and several, such as The Railway Children, were turned …
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, has his own mystery to solve when he answers a call from George Edalji, who claims to have been falsely convicted of mutilating…
Robert Baden-Powell spent his life in the military and rose to the rank of Lieutenant General. A national hero for the defense of Mafeking in the Boer War and led the inhabitants …
Tales of the Edwardian music hall and its entertainers
Daisy, mistress of Edward VII and a convert to Socialism looks back at her life as she dictates her memoirs to Frank Harris.
The paradox of a politician who was once a force for social change, a negotiator and untiring philanderer.
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