Victoria and Albert EPISODE: 1

EPISODE: 1

First of a two-part drama charting the passionate romance between Queen Victoria and Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who laid the foundations of today's royal family. Although initially opposed to arranged marriages, Victoria's love for her cousin prevailed, and the two engaged in a fiercely possessive relationship, disturbed only by concerns of state, which culminated in Albert's untimely death. Victoria Hamilton, Jonathan Firth, Nigel Hawthorne, Diana Rigg, David Suchet, Peter Ustinov and Richard Briers star