''Lillie'' is a British television serial made by London Weekend Television for

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and broadcast from 24 September to 17 December 1978. This period serial stars

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in the title role of Lillie Langtry. She had played the same character in the 1975

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serial '' Edward the Seventh'' and many of the same writers and directors that were responsible for that series helped to create this one. Other actors featured include Anton Rodgers as Edward Langtry, Peter Egan as

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as Frank Miles,

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, Don Fellows as

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as Arthur Jones and Annette Crosbie as Henrietta Labouchere. Denis Lill played Bertie the Prince of Wales, later Edward the VII. He had played Frederick Ponsonby to Timothy West's Edward in the aforementioned ''Edward the Seventh'' whereas Crosbie played Queen Victoria in that production. The series has a total of 13 episodes. It is available on DVD in both the UK and North American markets, and has also been repeated on

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Cast

as Lillie Langtry * Anton Rodgers as Edward Langtry * Denis Lill as Edward VII * Peter Egan as

* Patrick Holt as Dean Le Breton *

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as Mrs Le Breton * Anthony Head as William Le Breton * John Castle as Prince Louis of Battenberg * Simon Fisher-Turner as Reggie Le Breton *Adam Bareham as Clement Le Breton * Joanna David as Jeanne Marie Langtry Malcolm * David Rintoul as Lieutenant Charles Longley *

as Arthur Jones * Catherine Feller as Dominique *

* Bruce Boa as Joaquin Miller *

as Frank Miles * Don Fellows as James Abbott McNeill Whistler *

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as John Millais * Sheila Reid as Queen Victoria * Patrick Ryecart as Crown Prince Rudolf * Cheryl Campbell as

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* Annette Crosbie as Henrietta Labouchere * Nicholas Jones as Squire Abingdon * Tommy Dugan as Judge Roy Bean

Episodes

External links

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