Disraeli

Disraeli is a British four part serial about the great statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Benjamin Disraeli.

Cast

Ian McShane

as Benjamin Disraeli

Rosemary Leach

as Queen Victoria

Mary Peach

as Mary Anne

John Carlisle

as W.E. Gladstone

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