Disraeli (TV serial)

This article is about British 1978 television series about the Prime Minister. Not to be confused with Disraeli (1929 film).

Disraeli
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Screenplay byDavid Butler
Directed byClaude Whatham
StarringIan McShane
Theme music composerWilfred Josephs
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerCecil Clarke
Production locationEngland
EditorAl Pigden
Production companyAssociated Television
Original release
NetworkITV (UK)
PBS's Masterpiece Theatre (US)
Release5 September 1978 (1978-09-05) (UK)
1 June 1980 (1980-06-01) (US)
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Disraeli, also called Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic, is a 1978 four-part British serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli. It was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV.

With a screenplay by David Butler, it stars Ian McShane and was directed by Claude Whatham. Spanning five decades of Disraeli's life, the serial focuses as much on Disraeli's personal life as it does on his political persona.

Filmed on site in England, the miniseries received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Limited Series after being broadcast in the US in 1980 as part of Masterpiece Theatre under the title Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic.[1]

  1. ^ "Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic". Emmys.com. Retrieved 1 November 2022.