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Blue Peter Special Assignment

BBC One
on BBC One London

with Peter Purves
The Palace of Versailles - a parsonage on the Yorkshire moors - Venice - No 1, London - a Carmelite convent in France, and a 17thcentury manor house in Sussex - are the dramatic settings for the lives of six great personalities from Italy, France and England.
1: Marie Antoinette at Versailles '
The Queen's face follows me wherever I go.' Fourteen-year-old Maria Antonia travelled from Vienna to Versailles to marry a French prince she had never seen. As Marie Antoinette she ruled as a glittering Queen of Hearts until 25 years later when she was driven away to die on the guillotine.

Contributors

Presented by:
Peter Purves
Voice:
Anna Carteret
Voice:
Mary Wimbush
Voice:
Geoffrey Matthews
Voice:
John Gabriel
Costume Designer:
Barbara Kronig
Film Editor:
Ian McKendrick
Photography:
Paul Wheeler
Written by:
Dorothy Smith
Researched by:
Dorothy Smith
Produced By:
Edward Barnes
Director:
Hugh David
Marie Antoinette:
Blanche Ravalec
Louis XVI:
Yves Pignot
Mme Etiquette:
Renée Faure
Mme du Barry:
Beatrice Costantini
Chamberlain:
Jean Pierre Lituac
Source: Radio Times

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