Edward and Mrs Simpson

Venus at the Prow

Directed by Waris Hussein
S1 • E2    Nov 14, 1978    60m
In part 2, Edward's growing infatuation with Wallis creates scandal. In Biarritz the couple cross the boundary between friendship and love.

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Cast of Venus at the Prow

  • Edward FoxKing Edward VIII
  • Cynthia HarrisWallis Warfield Simspon
  • Roger HammondSir Harold Nicolson
  • Richard WaringLord Darby
  • Charles KeatingErnest Simpson
  • Marius GoringKing George V
  • Bessie LoveLady Cunard
  • Andrew RayDuke of York
  • David WallerStanley Baldwin
  • Peggy AshcroftQueen Mary
  • Simon CadellMajor John Aird
  • Peter EllisOsborne
  • Edward JewesburyLord Dawson
  • Gary WaldhornChips Channon
  • Patricia HodgeLady Diana Cooper
  • Jessie MatthewsAunt Bessie Merryman
  • Maurice DenhamCosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Antony BrownHugh Lloyd Thomas (as Anthony Brown)
  • Peter SchofieldHead Cook
  • Patrick BrockKing’s Secretary
  • Alvar LiddellRadio Announcer
  • Dominic CoxBoy with Mouth Organ
  • Nuala BarrieQueen Mary’s Lady in Waiting
  • Elsie RandolphLady Colefax
  • Rosanne WickesPrincess Mary
  • Waris HusseinDirector
  • Simon RavenWriter

 

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