Prunella Scales is both presenter and star of this two-part dramatised documentary portrait of Queen Victoria. This opener charts her traumatic childhood years, coronation at the tender age of 18 and, barely a year later, marriage to her beloved first cousin, Albert. With Timothy West, Charles Dance and Andrew Sachs. Concludes next Monday. Producer Louise Osmond: Executive producer Jonathan Stamp (S) (W)
The Victorian Way of Death follows at 10pm on BBC4
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