Queen Victoria's Children The Best Laid Plans... (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 59 min | Documentary, History

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Queen Victoria's Children

The Best Laid Plans... (Season 1, Episode 1)

TV Episode | 59 min | Documentary, History

Victoria mourns the death of Prince Albert and begins a lifetime of war with her eldest son.

Director

Lucy McDowell

Editor

Steve Miller

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Release date

Jan 1, 2013 (United Kingdom)

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Nicholas Rowe Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)
Miranda Carter Self - Royal Historian Self - Royal Historian See fewer	The Vertigo Years (2013)
Kathryn Hughes Self - Victorian Biographer (as Prof Kathryn Hughes) Self - Victorian Biographer (as Prof Kathryn Hughes) See fewer	The Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton (2006)
Helen Rappaport Self - Author, 'Magnificent Obsession' Self - Author, 'Magnificent Obsession' See fewer	Confessional (1989)
Matthew Sweet Self - Author, 'Inventing the Victorians' (as Dr Matthew Sweet) Self - Author, 'Inventing the Victorians' (as Dr Matthew Sweet) See fewer	Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures (1999)
Piers Brendon Self - University of Cambridge (as Dr Piers Brendon) Self - University of Cambridge (as Dr Piers Brendon) See fewer	Lifer (1983)
Karina Urbach Self - University of London (as Dr Karina Urbach) Self - University of London (as Dr Karina Urbach) See fewer	Alices Buch: Wie die Nazis das Kochbuch meiner Großmutter raubten (2022)
Lynda Nead Self - University of London (as Prof Lynda Nead) Self - University of London (as Prof Lynda Nead) See fewer	Queen Victoria's Children (2013)
Lucinda Hawksley Self - Royal Biographer Self - Royal Biographer See fewer	Olivia Twist (2014)
Juliet Gardiner Self - Author, 'Queen Victoria' (as Dr Juliet Gardiner) Self - Author, 'Queen Victoria' (as Dr Juliet Gardiner) See fewer	Atonement (2007)
Jane Ridley Self - Author, 'Bertie, A Life of Edward VII' (as Prof Jane Ridley) Self - Author, 'Bertie, A Life of Edward VII' (as Prof Jane Ridley) See fewer	Mrs. Munck (1995)
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst Self - University of Oxford (as Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst) Self - University of Oxford (as Dr Robert Douglas-Fairhurst) See fewer	Jane Eyre (2006)
Chris Clark Self - University of Cambridge (as Prof Chris Clark) Self - University of Cambridge (as Prof Chris Clark) See fewer	The Murder of Evelyn Cross (2016)