| Edward the Seventh | |
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| Also known as | Edward the King The Royal Victorians |
| Genre | Historical Drama |
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| Directed by | John Gorrie |
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| Theme music composer | Cyril Ornadel |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
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| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Cinematography | Tony Imi |
| Running time | 50 minutes |
| Production company | ATV |
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| Network | ITV |
| Release | 1 April – 1 July 1975 |
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Edward the Seventh is a 1975 British historical drama series, made by ATV in 13 episodes.
Based on the biography of King Edward VII by Philip Magnus, it stars Annette Crosbie as Queen Victoria, Timothy West as the elder Edward VII, with Simon Gipps-Kent and Charles Sturridge as Edward during his youth. Helen Ryan and Deborah Grant featured as the elder and younger Queen Alexandra respectively. It was directed by John Gorrie, who wrote episodes 7–10 with David Butler writing the remainder of the series.
Only the final three episodes dramatised Edward as King (in line with his short, nine-year reign, which did not begin until he was nearly sixty years old). Annette Crosbie, who won a BAFTA for her performance, was given top billing in the series (appearing in ten out of the thirteen episodes).
It was first broadcast on TV between April and July 1975. In the United States it was shown under the title Edward the King, with episode introductions by Canadian-American broadcaster Robert MacNeil. In the UK, it is available as a four-disc DVD set, encoded for Region 0, by Network Video. It is also available for the North American market as a no-extras six-disc set.