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Engine of Change (Original title)
Date: 02 October 2016 (Television)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Olly Blackburn

Synopsis: The Queen is pregnant. She is urged to pick a regent in case of her death, but finds resistance to it being Prince Albert. Prince Albert sees the railroads as the future; not everyone agrees but he finds an ally in Sir Robert Peel.

Genre:
Historical drama

Subjects:
Queen Victoria of Great Britain (1819-1901), History, Great Britain, 1830-1839, Relationships, Pregnancy, Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861), Rail transport

Series title:

TV Transmissions
Date: 02 October 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: Guy Andrews
Cast (20)
Jenna Coleman (Victoria), Tom Hughes (Prince Albert), Daniela Holtz (Baroness Lehzen), Margaret Clunie (Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland), Catherine Flemming (Duchess of Kent), Simon Paisley Day (Lord Chancellor), Peter Bowles (Duke of Wellington), Nigel Lindsay (Sir Robert Peel), Basil Eidenbenz (Lohlein), Ferdinand Kingsley (Francatelli), Tommy Knight (Brodie), Nell Hudson (Skerrett), Anna Wilson-Jones (Lady Emma Portman), Eve Myles (Mrs Jenkins), Robin Soans (Sir James Clark), Adrian Schiller (Penge), Bruce Mackinnon (Hannam), James Wilby (Sir Piers Gifford), Annabel Mullion (Lady Beatrice Gifford), Ryan Pope (Engineer)
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-705297
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved digital file