The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

The most ambitious and technically difficult broadcast the BBC had ever tackled.

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.

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'