The Lost Prince is an acclaimed British television drama about the life of Prince John – youngest child of Britain's King George V and Queen Mary – who died at the age of 13 in 1919. A Talkback Thames production written and directed by Stephen Poliakoff, it was originally broadcast in two episodes on BBC One in January 2003, and won an Emmy Award in September 2005. John suffered from epileptic seizures and an autism-like developmental disorder, and the Royal Family tried to shelter him from public view as much as possible; the script shied away from presenting the Royal Family as... unsympathetic to the Prince, and instead showed how much this cost them emotionally . Poliakoff explores the story of John, his relationship with his family, John's brother, Prince George, the political events going on at the time and the love and devotion shown to him by his nanny, Charlotte Bill , played by Gina McKee.
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| On the air: | 2003 |
| Network: | BBC One |