Victoria (British TV series)

Victoria is a British historical television drama series created and principally written by Daisy Goodwin, starring Jenna Coleman as Queen Victoria. The series premiered in the United Kingdom on ITV on 28 August 2016 with eight episodes, and in the United States on PBS on 15 January 2017; PBS supported its production as part of the Masterpiece anthology.

A second series was broadcast on ITV in 2017, including a Christmas special that aired that December; PBS broadcast followed starting in January 2018, with the special belatedly airing in March. In December 2017, Victoria was renewed for an eight-episode third series, which premiered on PBS on 13 January 2019, and on ITV on 24 March 2019. As of July 2021, ITV confirmed that there were no active plans for a fourth series. But then it was greenlit by Hulu for three more seasons until it concluded in 2022.

Premise
This drama features an all-star cast including Jenna Coleman as a young Queen Victoria and Tom Hughes as Prince Albert. The monarch's life is chronicled as the story begins with the death of King William IV in 1837, her accession to the throne at the tender age of 18 and her relationships with the influential forces around her. With the advice of the prime minister Lord Melbourne and the support of her husband Prince Albert the young queen flourishes and establishes herself in her newfound role. As the series continues, true historical events are portrayed, such as the Chartist movement demanding voting rights for working men, and the revolution in France in 1848, showing the complexities involved in how Victoria deals with them, and with the foreign secretary Lord Palmerston.

Cast
Jenna Coleman(Series 1-3) and Jennifer Saunders(Series 4-6) as Queen Victoria

Tom Hughes(Series 1-3, appears in Season 4 through flashbacks) as Prince Consort Albert

Hallie Woodhall (series 2) ,Louisa Bay (series 3),Emily Blunt(series 4-5),and Julie Waters(Series 6)  as Princess Vicky

Mac Jackson (series 2),Laurie Shepherd (series 3),Colin Firth(Series 4-5), and Michael Caine(Series 6)  as Prince Bertie

Peter Bowles as the Duke of Wellington (series 1–3)

Catherine Flemming as the Duchess of Kent(series 1–2)

Daniela Holtz as Baroness Lehzen(series 1–2)

Nell Hudson as Nancy Skerrett(series 1–3)

Ferdinand Kingsley as Mr Francatelli(series 1–3)

Tommy Knight as Archibald Brodie

Nigel Lindsay as Sir Robert Peel(series 1–2)

Eve Myles as Mrs Jenkins(series 1)

David Oakes as Prince Ernest (series 1–2)

Paul Rhys as Sir John Conroy (series 1)

Adrian Schiller as Mr Penge

Peter Firth as King Ernest Augustus (series 1–2)

Alex Jennings as King Leopold I

Rufus Sewell as Lord Melbourne(series 1–2)

Bebe Cave as Wilhelmina Coke (series 2)

Margaret Clunie as Harriet, Duchess of Sutherland (recurring series 1, main series 2)

Tilly Steele as Miss Cleary (series 2)

Leo Suter as Mr Drummond (series 2)

Jordan Waller as Lord Alfred Paget (recurring series 1, main series 2–present)

Anna Wilson-Jones as Lady Emma Portman (recurring series 1, main series 2–present)

Diana Rigg as the Duchess of Buccleuch (series 2)

Nicholas Audsley as Charles, Duke of Monmouth (series 3)

Sabrina Bartlett as Abigail Turner (series 3)

David Burnett as Joseph Weld (series 3)

Kate Fleetwood as Princess Feodora (series 3)

Bruno Wolkowitch (featured series 2) and Vincent Regan (main series 3) as King Louis Philippe

Lily Travers as Sophie, Duchess of Monmouth (series 3)

John Sessions as Lord John Russell (series 3)

Laurence Fox as Lord Palmerston (series 3)

Martin Compston as Dr Traill (series 2)

Denis Lawson as the Duke of Atholl (series 2)

Sam Swainsbury as Dr John Snow (series 3)

Edwin Thomas as Mr Caine (series 3)

Peter Ivatts as William Howley, the Archbishop of Canterbury

Tom Price as the Duke of Sutherland (series 1–2)

Robin Soans as Sir James Clark (series 1–2)

Samantha Colley as Eliza Skerrett (series 1–2)

Andrew Bicknell as the Duke of Coburg (series 1–2)

Robin McCallum as Lord Portman

Nichola McAuliffe as the Duchess of Cumberland

Richard Dixon as the Lord Chancellor

Julian Finnigan as Lord Hastings

Daniel Donskoy as Grand Duke Aleksandr

Guy Oliver-Watts as Sir James Hayter

Basil Eidenbenz as Lohlein

David Bamber as the Duke of Sussex

Simon Paisley Day as Lord Chamberlain

Robert MacPherson as Anson

Phil Rowson as John Bright MP

Tommy Rodger as Boy Jones

Andrew Havill as Dr Pritchard

Siobhan O'Carroll as Lady Lyttelton

C.J. Beckford as William Cuffay

Ben Cartwright as Feargus O'Connor

Kerr Logan as Patrick Fitzgerald

Gregory Mann as William Monmouth

Hugh Simon as Colonel Sinthrope

Bernard Melling as Guard

Pandora Clifford as Emily Palmerston

David Newman as Henry Cole

Tristram Wymark as Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton

Christopher Brand as Joseph Paxton

Ellen Evans as Princess Adelheid "Heidi"

David Tennant as John Brown

Benedict Cumberbatch as Benjamin Disraeli

Tom Hiddleston as Archibald Primrose

Hugh Laurie as William Ewart Gladstone

Anthony Hopkins as Robert Gascoyne-Cecil

Dev Patel as Abdul Karim (the Munshi)

Rupert Everett as Oscar Wilde

Hugh Grant as Charles Dickens

Goran Visnjic as King Leopold II