Nancy Astor (TV series)
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Derek Marlowe |
Directed by | |
Starring | Lisa Harrow James Fox Pierce Brosnan |
Composer | Stanley Myers |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 9 |
Production | |
Producer | Philip Hinchcliffe |
Running time | 55 minutes |
Production company | BBC |
Release | |
Original network | BBC 2 |
Original release | 10 February 7 April 1982 | –
Nancy Astor is a British television series which originally aired on BBC Two in 1982.[1] It portrays the career of Nancy Astor, the American-born socialite and Conservative Party politician who pioneered the role of women in the House of Commons.
Main cast[]
- Lisa Harrow as Nancy Astor
- Lise Hilboldt as Phyllis Langhorne
- James Fox as Waldorf Astor
- Dan O'Herlihy as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
- Nigel Havers as Bobby Shaw
- Pierce Brosnan as Robert Gould Shaw
- David Warner as Philip Kerr
- Erick Ray Evans as Sam
- Sylvia Syms as Nanaire Langhorne
- as Irene
- William Hope as Harry Langhorne
- Dallas Adams as Dana Gibson
- Neil McCarthy as Reverend Neve
- as Robert Brand
- as Emma
- Paul McDowell as Lee
- Julian Glover as Lord Revelstoke
- Daniel Chatto as Billy Grenfell
- Isabelle Lucas as Aunt Liza
- as Stationmaster
- Victoria Burgoyne as Lucy
- Jeff Harding as Freddie
- Robert Arden as Quincy Shaw
- as Groom
- s Speaker
- as Parr
- Desmond Cullum-Jones as Webb
- Marsha Fitzalan as Wissie Astor
- as Rose
- Rosalind Knight as Margot Asquith
- as Speaker
- John Paul as Balfour
- Robert Raglan as MP
- Hugh Thomas as Mackenzie
- as Henry Douglas-Pennant
- David Yelland as David Astor
References[]
- ^ Vahimagi p.278
Bibliography[]
- Vahimagi, Tise . British Television: An Illustrated Guide. Oxford University Press, 1996.
External links[]
- Nancy Astor at IMDb
Categories:
- 1980s British drama television series
- 1982 British television series debuts
- 1982 British television series endings
- BBC television dramas
- British political drama television series
- English-language television shows
- Television series set in the 1910s
- Television shows set in London