HM Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Mother
A Birthday Portrait
...and God, to whom belongeth all power and dignity, prosper you in this your honour, and grant you herein long to continue.... '
(From Queen Elizabeth's
Coronation, 1937)
BBC Television's affectionate look at a gracious lady, ' who, by her personal and persistent example, has given a fresh and joyous impetus to the meaning of public service'.
Elizabeth Bowes Lyon 's story from her early days in Hertfordshire and Glamis, through two World Wars and six reigns, to this year's celebrations throughout the Commonwealth.
Written and narrated by TOM FLEMING
Research SHIRLEY SEATON
Outside broadcasts research
ANTONIA CHARLTON
Photography DICK JOHNSTONE Sound GORDON FORSYTH Film editor DAVID WHITE Associate producer JOHN MACPHERSON
Producer MALCOLM BROWN Executive producer TOM FLEMING BBC Scotland