S1·E1 – Dizzy
1978-09-05 • 60 min
After not having much success as an author, young social gadfly Benjamin Disraeli decides to run for Parliament. He loses his first bid but is eventually elected as a Tory.
Cast

Ian McShane
Benjamin Disraeli

Rosemary Leach
Queen Victoria

Mary Peach
Mary Anne

David de Keyser
Baron de Rothschild
Antony Brown
Sir Robert Peel
Brendan Barry
Sir Stafford Northcote

Maria Charles
Maria D'Israeli

Patricia Hodge
Rosina Bulwer

Aubrey Morris
Isaac D'Israeli

Anton Rodgers
Lord George Bentinck

Leigh Lawson
Count Alfred D'Orsay

Mark Dignam
Lord Lyndhurst