2. Venus at the Prow (1978)
In part 2, Edward's growing infatuation with Wallis creates scandal. In Biarritz the couple cross the boundary between friendship and love.
Release date: 1978-11-15
Season number: 1
Episode number: 2
Runtime: 60 minutes
Director: Waris Hussein
Guest stars
Roger Hammond
as Sir Harold Nicolson
Richard Waring
as Lord Darby
Charles Keating
as Ernest Simpson
Marius Goring
as King George V
Bessie Love
as Lady Cunard
Andrew Ray
as Duke of York
Peggy Ashcroft
as Queen Mary
Simon Cadell
as Major John Aird
Edward Jewesbury
as Lord Dawson
Gary Waldhorn
as Chips Channon
Patricia Hodge
as Lady Diana Cooper
Jessie Matthews
as Aunt Bessie Merryman
Maurice Denham
as Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury
Elsie Randolph
as Lady Colefax
Rest of guest stars - click here to expand
David Waller - Stanley Baldwin, Peter Ellis - Osborne, Antony Brown - Hugh Lloyd Thomas (as Anthony Brown), Peter Schofield - Head Cook, Patrick Brock - King’s Secretary, Alvar Liddell - Radio Announcer, Dominic Cox - Boy with Mouth Organ, Nuala Barrie - Queen Mary’s Lady in Waiting, Rosanne Wickes - Princess Mary