The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

May 31, 2012

0h 47m

★ 0.0

The most ambitious and technically difficult broadcast the BBC had ever tackled.

Overview

This fascinating documentary reveals the behind the scenes story of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, drawing on rare archive footage and made using eyewitness accounts of participants and historical experts.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

BBC

Blakeway Productions

The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Trailers

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Cast

Self (archive Footage)

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Self (archive Voice)

Richard Dimbleby

Self (archive Footage)

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Self (archive Footage)

Princess Margaret

Narrator

Tamsin Greig

Historian

Alastair Bruce

Historian

Hugo Vickers

Author, 'The Queen's Coronation'

James Wilkinson

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