The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
“The most ambitious and technically difficult broadcast the BBC had ever tackled.”
2012•47m•Released
Documentary
This fascinating documentary reveals the behind the scenes story of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, drawing on rare archive footage and made using eyewitness accounts of participants and historical experts.
Director
Jamie Muir
Languages
English
Studio
BBC
Cast
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Self (archive Footage)
Richard Dimbleby
Self (archive Voice)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Self (archive Footage)
Princess Margaret
Self (archive Footage)
Tamsin Greig
Narrator
Alastair Bruce
Historian
Hugo Vickers
Historian
James Wilkinson
Author, 'The Queen's Coronation'
Production
Company
BBC
Company
Blakeway Productions
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