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Edward and Mrs Simpson :: The Abdication (01x07)

Episode Information

Title:

The Abdication

Episode #:

01x07

Original Airdate:

Wednesday December 20th, 1978

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Country:	Aired On:

USA	Feb 27, 1980

Episode Crew
Director:	Waris Hussein
Writer:	Simon Raven

Episode Summary

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King Edward shocks his nation when he announces that he is giving up the throne of Great Britain in order to be with the woman he loves.

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Guest Stars

Guest Stars
•Amanda Reiss	played	Duchess of York	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Andrew Ray	played	Duke of York	Recurring (5th appearance)
•David Waller	played	Stanley Baldwin	Recurring (6th appearance)
•Gerald Sim	played	Theodore Goddard	Recurring (second appearance)
•Jessie Matthews	played	Aunt Bessie Merryman	Recurring (4th appearance)
•John Shrapnel	played	Major Alexander Hardinge	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Nigel Hawthorne	played	Walter Monkton	Recurring (4th appearance)
•Patrick Troughton	played	Clement Attlee	Recurring (third appearance)
•Peggy Ashcroft (1)	played	Queen Mary	Recurring (5th appearance)
•Roseanne Wickes	played	Princess Mary	Recurring (third appearance)
•Wensley Pithey	played	Winston Churchill	Recurring (third appearance)
•William Hoyland	played	Lord Perry Brownlow	Recurring (second appearance)
•Caroline Mary Simmons	played	Lady Alexandra Metcalfe
•John Harvey (2)	played	Sir John Reith
•Robert Harris (6)	played	Speaker of the House of Commons
•Rodney Lovick	played	George Lambert
•Ron Gregory	played	Major Edward Metcalfe