Stars: Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, Diana Rigg, Nigel Hawthorne, Peter Ustinov, Jonathan Pryce, David Suchet, Richard Briers, Crispin Bonham-Carter

Director: John Erman

Summary: Victoria came to the throne when she was just eighteen declaring that she would probably never marry. On meeting Albert she fell in love but a marriage of convenience was soon transformed into a lifelong passion. Albert also entered the marriage through a sense of duty but he developed a love for Victoria which only ended on his death...

A dramatic miniseries featuring an acclaimed, superstar cast, VICTORIA & ALBERT is a history-based love story which tells of the passionate romance between the two royal figures. This epic production recaptures the court life of Victorian England with beauty and accuracy. In addition, it adds new light to the legendary character of Victoria (Victoria Hamilton), portraying her as young and full of life, as opposed to the repressed elderly woman often depicted in British culture. The TV movie also stars Jonathan Firth, Jonathan Pryce, Peter Ustinov, Nigel Hawthorne, and Diana Rigg.

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Victoria Wood Live at the Albert Hallprovides proof, if any were needed, that after two decades at the top of her profession, Wood is one of a small handful of British comedians of either sex capable of filling the country's largest venues. For the consistently high quality of her penetrating observations of the mundane she has no equal. Recorded in 2001, this performance has all the hallmarks of her microscopic examinations of life's perplexing minutiae and trivia. From her recent hysterectomy to Paul Daniels, from the NHS help line to wheelie bin covers, from Americans in Disneyworld to the ageism of catalogue mailing lists, nothing escapes Wood's attention. Not even in-vogue authors: she refuses to read "Captain Corelli's friggin' Mandolin" as it sits reproachfully at her bedside.

Wood even provides her own interval act: a devastatingly accurate parody of a vulgar, second-rate cabaret singer shot to stardom on the wings of a cruise ship docu-soap. Jane McDonald's sense of humour will never face a harder test. More poignant are Wood's observations on parenthood and marriage, with all the physical ailments of middle age ("We've only got one fully operating leg between us"). She has since separated from her husband, the magician Geoffrey Durham. Fans will await the impact of that on her stand-up material with some interest. --Piers Ford

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Documentary, Family Tree And Time Line, Production Notes, Cast Filmographies, Scene Indexing
Year:	2001
Release Date:	August 5, 2002
Runtime:	225 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	A V 9217
Keywords:	Albert, Victoria, Two, General, Tv, Drama, Historical, Discs
Genre:	Drama