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Queen Victoria's Children

2013 · 1 season

A sober, talk-heavy historical documentary that unpicks royal family dynamics with scholarly calm and quiet emotional weight.

Created by
Richard Sanders
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lucinda Hawksley, Matthew Sweet, Piers Brendon
Overview
With Nicholas Rowe, Helen Rappaport, Lucinda Hawksley, Matthew Sweet.

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Created by
Richard Sanders
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Lucinda Hawksley, Matthew Sweet, Piers Brendon
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • parenthood
    • power
    • identity
    • betrayal
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Created by
    Richard Sanders
    Starring
    Lucinda Hawksley, Matthew Sweet, Piers Brendon, Miranda Carter, Matthew Dennison, Chris Clark, Nicholas Rowe, Helen Rappaport
    Length
    1 seasons, 3 episodes
    Network
    BBC Two
    Country
    United Kingdom

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