Lillie (1978)

09/24/1978 (GB) • 50m

Drama

The rise and fall of a professional beauty.

Overview

The affair that shook Victorian society to its core: he was the Prince of Wales, the future monarch; she was a professional beauty, who became a royal bedmate. Follow the fascinating life of the Dean of Jersey's daughter from her modest childhood to her emergence as one of the most celebrated beauties of her time. Lillie's liaison with the heir to the throne marked only the beginning of a remarkable, scandalous and daring series of adventures in open defiance of accepted morality imposed by Victorian and Edwardian society.

Top Billed Cast

Francesca Annis

Emilie 'Lillie' Le Breton

13 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

1978 | 13 Episodes

Season 1 of Lillie premiered on September 24, 1978.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

london, england

based on novel or book

scandal

miniseries

based on memoir or autobiography

period drama

loveless marriage

historical drama

globetrotting

costume drama

1920s

19th century

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1900s

historical romance

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