Bertie and Elizabeth

5.6 | 2002-06-04 | Drama History Romance

The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.

Featured Crew

Giles Foster	Director
Rebecca Eaton	Executive Producer
Jonathan Powell	Executive Producer
Michael Whitehall	Executive Producer
Jo Willett	Producer
Ilona Sekacz	Original Music Composer
Nigel Williams	Writer
Rex Maidment	Director of Photography
Catherine Creed	Editor
Kate Rhodes James	Casting