Nancy Astor is a British television series which originally aired on BBC Two in 1982.[1] It portrays the career of Nancy Astor, the American-born socialite and Conservative Party politician who pioneered the role of women in the House of Commons.

Nancy Astor
Genre	Drama
Written by	Derek Marlowe
Directed by	Richard Stroud
Starring	Lisa Harrow James Fox Pierce Brosnan
Composer	Stanley Myers
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	9
Production
Producer	Philip Hinchcliffe
Running time	55 minutes
Production company	BBC
Release
Original network	BBC 2
Original release	10 February (1982-02-10) – 7 April 1982 (1982-04-07)

Main cast

• Lisa Harrow as Nancy Astor
• Lise Hilboldt as Phyllis Langhorne
• James Fox as Waldorf Astor
• Dan O'Herlihy as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne
• Nigel Havers as Bobby Shaw
• Pierce Brosnan as Robert Gould Shaw
• David Warner as Philip Kerr
• Erick Ray Evans as Sam
• Sylvia Syms as Nanaire Langhorne
• Lillian Silverstone as Irene
• William Hope as Harry Langhorne
• Dallas Adams as Dana Gibson
• Neil McCarthy as Reverend Neve
• Bernard Brown as Robert Brand
• Natalie Caron as Emma
• Paul McDowell as Lee
• Julian Glover as Lord Revelstoke
• Daniel Chatto as Billy Grenfell
• Isabelle Lucas as Aunt Liza
• Edmond Bennett as Stationmaster
• Victoria Burgoyne as Lucy
• Jeff Harding as Freddie
• Robert Arden as Quincy Shaw
• Richard Trent as Groom
• Terence Brooka s Speaker
• Jon Croft as Parr
• Desmond Cullum-Jones as Webb
• Marsha Fitzalan as Wissie Astor
• Mary Healey as Rose
• Rosalind Knight as Margot Asquith
• Robert Mill as Speaker
• John Paul as Balfour
• Robert Raglan as MP
• Hugh Thomas as Mackenzie
• Fraser Wilson as Henry Douglas-Pennant
• David Yelland as David Astor

References

Bibliography

• Vahimagi, Tise . British Television: An Illustrated Guide. Oxford University Press, 1996.

External links

• Nancy Astor at IMDb