Bertie and Elizabeth
108 mins
The duke of York, nicknamed Bertie, was born as royal 'spare heir', younger brother to the prince of Wales, and thus expected to spend a relatively private life with his Scottish wife Elisabeth Bowes-Lyon and their daughters, in the shadow of their reigning father, George V, and next that of his elder brother who succeeded to the British throne as Edward VIII. However Edward decides to put his love for a divorced American, Wallis Simpson, above dynastic duty, and ends up abdicating the throne, which now falls to Bertie, who reigns as George VI.
Joanna Hole
East End woman
Giles Foster
Director
Jonathan Powell
Executive Producer
Rex Maidment
Director of Photography
Jo Willett
Producer
Jennie Evans
Sound Editor
Nigel Williams
Writer
Frances Tempest
Costume Design
Catherine Creed
Editor
Alistair Crocker
Sound Recordist
Ilona Sekacz
Original Music Composer
Christine Blundell
Makeup Artist
Martyn John
Production Design