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Ladies in Waiting (Original title)
Date: 29 August 2016 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Tom Vaughan

Synopsis: Queen Victoria takes it very badly when Lord Melbourne resigns as Prime Minister. The Duke of Cumberland and Sir Conroy conspire to relieve the Queen of her duties. Gas is being installed in the palace, leading to the revelation of a rat infestation. Penge takes advantage of the infestation to line his own pockets.

Genre:
Historical drama

Subjects:
Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1819-1901), History, Great Britain, 1830-1839

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 28 August 2016Broadcast channel: ITVCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 21:00-22:00Slot duration: 60:00 minsNetwork - Dialogue (original): English - ColourAspect ratio: 16:9 - Sound

Credits (12)
©: Mammoth Screen, Production Company: Mammoth Screen, Production Company: Masterpiece, for: ITV, Executive Producer: Daisy Goodwin, Executive Producer: Dan McCulloch, Executive Producer: Damien Timmer, Executive Producer for Masterpiece: Rebecca Eaton, Creator: Daisy Goodwin, Producer: Paul Frift, Written by: Daisy Goodwin
Cast (26)
Jenna-Louise Coleman (Victoria), Peter Firth (Duke of Cumberland), Peter Bowles (Duke of Wellington), Nigel Lindsay (Sir Robert Peel), Rufus Sewell (Lord Melbourne), Paul Rhys (Sir John Conroy), Catherine Flemming (Duchess of Kent), Tom Price (Duke of Sutherland), Robin McCallum (Lord Portman), Richard Dixon (Lord Chancellor), Julian Finnigan (Lord Hastings), Eve Myles (Mrs Jenkins), Adrian Schiller (Penge), Ferdinand Kingsley (Charles Francatelli), Nell Hudson (Skerrett), Tommy Knight (Brodie), Guy Oliver-Watts (Sir James Hayter), Anna Wilson-Jones (Lady Emma Portman), Margaret Clunie (Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland), Daniela Holtz (Baroness Lehzen), Dan Carey (Ratcatcher), Michael Parkhouse (Lord Melbourne's Butler), Nichola Mcauliffe (Duchess of Cumberland), Jordan Waller (Lord Alfred Paget), Robin Soans (Sir James Clark), Joe Standerline (Drunken Swell)
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Digital materials(1)
Description: AS-11 UK DPP HD - MXF OP1aAVC-Intra 100 - BFI identifier: N-705292
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file