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7. The Family

Episode 7 of 10

Based on the diaries and letters of Queen Victoria. A gun shot alarms the royal couple. Stars Imogen Stubbs.

With the exit of Baroness Leightson - childhood governess and confidant of Victoria - peace resumes in the household.

An assassin attempt sparks alarm.

Imogen Stubbs stars as Victoria.

Written by Juliet Ace, based on the letters and diaries of the young Queen Victoria.

Victoria ...... Imogen Stubbs
Duchess of Kent ...... Anna Massey
Prince Albert ...... Adrian Lukis
Baroness Lehzen ...... Selina Cadell
Sir John Conroy/MP/Lord Aberdeen ...... John Rowe
Melbourne ...... Christopher Cazenove
WAG/Prince Ernest/Page/Anson/Cubitt ...... Andrew Wincott
William IV/Stockmar/Peel ...... Terence Edmond
Prince of Wales Bertie/Paxton ...... Thomas Arnold
Princess Vicky/Helena ...... Clare Corbett
Prince of Wales Bertie as a child ...... George Allonby

Producer: Cherry Cookson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2001.

15 minutes

Last on

Wed 17 May 202302:15
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