Victoria
British drama television series
Victoria comes to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne's public image and become ‘grandmother of Europe'. The first series of Victoria, will tell the story of the first years of the reign, beginning with the moment of the Queen's accession in 1837, following her first faltering steps from capricious, hormonal teenager with a weak grasp on her duties and responsibilities to her marriage to Albert. The show is a saga of interlocking circles – the circuits of power in Buckingham Palace and Westminster, the intermarrying royal houses of Europe and the scandals of the below-stairs palace staff. At the centre stands the new Queen – a spirited, passionate woman who must, somehow, become an enduring icon of stability and strength.
Cast ages at the series premiere (August 28, 2016)
- Jenna Coleman, as Queen Victoria: 30
- Tommy Knight, as Archibald Brodie: 23
- Adrian Schiller, as Penge: 52
- Tom Hughes, as Prince Albert: 31
- Nell Hudson, as Nancy Skerrett: 25
- Ferdinand Kingsley, as Charles Elmé Francatelli: 28
- David Oakes, as Prince Ernest / Duke of Coburg: 32
- Margaret Clunie, as Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland: 28
- Catherine Flemming, as Duchess of Kent: 49
- Nigel Lindsay, as Sir Robert Peel: 47
- Alex Jennings, as King Leopold: 59
- Diana Rigg, as Duchess of Buccleuch: 78
- Eve Myles, as Mrs. Jenkins: 38
- Peter Bowles, as Duke of Wellington: 79
- Leo Suter, as Edward Drummond: 22
- Kate Fleetwood, as Princess Feodora: 43
- Lily Travers, as Duchess Sophie of Monmouth: 24
- John Sessions, as Lord John Russell: 63
- Laurence Fox, as Lord Palmerston: 38
- Rufus Sewell, as Lord Melbourne: 48
- Nicholas Audsley, as Duke Charles of Monmouth: 34
- Sabrina Bartlett, as Abigail Turner: 24
- Peter Firth, as Duke of Cumberland / King of Hanover: 62
- Paul Rhys, as Sir John Conroy: 52
- Vincent Regan, as King Louis Philippe: 51
- Bruno Wolkowitch, as King Louis Philippe: 55
- Martin Compston, as Dr. Robert Traill: 32
- Denis Lawson, as Duke of Atholl: 68
- Edwin Thomas, as Mr. Caine: 29