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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0796323180047
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Bonneville Ent.
Manufacturer: Bonneville Ent.
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Bonneville Ent.
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 30, 2003
Running Time: 680 minutes
Sales Rank: 56906
Studio: Bonneville Ent.
Theatrical Release Date: 1979
Editorial Review:
Description:
Edward the seventh waits nearly 60 years to become King. He wins the devotion of his people, the hearts of beautiful women and the fierce enmity of his mother, Queen Victoria. This sweeping saga covers 70 of the most tumultuous years of Britain at the height of her power. The story begins with the rebellion of a boy pampered beyond endurance, and continues through his mother’s distrust and jealousy, his marriage and scandalous affairs, his most delicate international negotiations and his behind-the-throne carousing. This thirteen part series makes Edward The King an epic for all time.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - King Edward VII
The item is exactly the way the seller described it. The DVDs are just as they were described and they play well. The items will make a great fit to my collection. If the seller has any other products that are of interest to me I will purchase them from this seller.
Rating: - Another Sweeping British History Series
Edward the King was produced in Britain in the 1970s. In the late 1970s US audiences saw it on PBS. Although it can be a bit soap opera-like in places, overall Edward the King is another fine series from the heyday of British mini-series.
The series begins before the birth of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales with a good depiction of the often tense relationship between the young Queen Victoria, her husband Prince Albert, and her mother the Duchess of Kent. Annette Crosbie does an excellent ... Read More
Rating:  - Rather disappointing
I bought this series based on all the five-star reviews, a practice which has served me well with other BBC and A&E productions but did not work well this time. I found the many episodes before Edward finally becomes king to be quite tedious: a bunch of actors reciting a bunch of lines on a sound stage. There were indeed one or two clever lines per episode, and it was interesting to think about the history that was actually occurring at the time of each episode, but I wish that the five-star reviews ... Read More
Rating: - Good old-fashioned TV
This thirteen part series does something very rare in TV: it tracks the entire life history of a single individual, seven decades in all, patiently showing all its defining events. The choice of subject did not make things easy: the vapid, womanizing Edward VII is not a very sympathetic character, though the sharpest edges have been blunted a bit in the re-telling; his marriage to Alexandra, for instance, was nowhere near as warm as it is depicted here.
The series was filmed in the early seventies. ... Read More
Rating: - Timothy West is great as Edward and Helen Ryan as Queen
I like books and videos about Victorian U.K. and America, and this is my favorite for the past year. A great buy -- many hours. Every time I see it I learn something new. EVen has a sense of humor. Wish there were more movies like this.
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