| Royal Family | |
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| Written by | Antony Jay |
| Directed by | Richard Cawston |
| Starring | |
| Narrated by | Michael Flanders |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Richard Cawston |
| Running time | 110 mins[1][2] |
| Production companies | BBC, ITV |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1, BBC2, ITV |
| Release | 21 June 1969 |
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Royal Family (also known as The Royal Family)[3] is a British television documentary about the family of Queen Elizabeth II. It originally aired on BBC 1 and ITV in June 1969. The film attracted over 38 million viewers in the United Kingdom and was sold around the world and seen by an estimated 350 million people.[4] The Queen later had the documentary banned;[5][6] it has not been shown on British TV since 1977[7] and access to view the film was heavily restricted.[8] In early 2021 it was leaked and published on the internet.[5][6] The film remains available to view on the video-sharing platform YouTube[9] and the digital library website Internet Archive.[10]
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- ^ "Royal Family first transmitted". History of the BBC. BBC. Archived from the original on 30 November 2019.
- ^ a b Ward, Victoria; Mendick, Robert (28 January 2021). "Royal documentary banned by the Queen is leaked 50 years later". The Telegraph. London: Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ a b Moore, Matthew (29 January 2021). "Royal documentary banned by Queen is leaked on YouTube". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 29 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Festival 77: 1969 Royal Family". Radio Times (2805). BBC Genome: 43. 11 August 1977. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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- ^ Royal Family (1969) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive