The Windsors
| The Windsors | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera/parody |
| Written by | George Jeffrie Bert Tyler-Moore |
| Directed by | Adam Miller |
| Starring |
Harry Enfield Haydn Gwynne Hugh Skinner |
| Composer(s) | Ian Masterson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 7 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Robert Wulff-Cochrane Camilla Campbell |
| Producer(s) | Izzy Mant |
| Running time | 23–25 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Noho Film and TV |
| Release | |
| Original network | Channel 4 (HD) |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 6 May 2016 – present |
The Windsors is a British soap opera and parody of the British Royal Family, the House of Windsor, shown on Channel 4, starting in April 2016 and starring Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne, Katy Wix, Hugh Skinner, Louise Ford, Morgana Robinson, Richard Goulding, and Ellie White.
Written by the co-creators of Star Stories, Bert Tyler-Moore and George Jeffrie, The Windsors puts the British Royal Family into the comedy spotlight in the form of the soap opera of what their lives and loves might just be like. The series has been criticised for such storylines as Kate Middleton catching ebola and Princesses Eugenie and Beatrice getting radicalised. "The Windsors was rude, crude — and a real blast of punk comedy", said The Daily Telegraph after the first episode.
The Windsors tells the story of the British Royal family but re-imagined through the lens of a soap opera. Although the stories are completely fictional, they are inspired by real events.
Taking their cue from tabloid tittle-tattle and caricature, Camilla becomes a cartoon villain who is hell-bent on becoming Queen, while Pippa Middleton, played by 33-year old Robinson, is catty and highly envious of her older sister. "I honed my Pippa skills through the medium of boarding school; I channelled all the girls I went to school with and basically put them all into one character," says Robinson who also appears in comedies House of Fools and Toast of London. "There's only one interview I've seen and she's very nervous – so much lovelier and very sweet compared to my version of her." Prince Andrew is a failure; his daughters Beatrice and Eugenie are, according to Tyler Moore, "slightly dim girls", and the Queen and Prince Philip are physically absent but frequently mentioned by the other characters.
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