
Scripted series · ITV1
Victoria
Defiance. Determination. Destiny.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Victoria actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Victoria reads strongest on Character Depth, Emotional Weight and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The story of Queen Victoria, who came to the throne at a time of great economic turbulence and resurgent republicanism – and died 64 years later the head of the largest empire the world had ever seen, having revitalised the throne’s public image and become “grandmother of Europe”.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 24 episodes.

Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20179 episodes
Best episode · S00E01 Comfort and Joy

Season 1 · Complete
Series 1
20168 episodes
7.4IMDbThe first series tells the story of the first years of Queen Victoria's reign, beginning with the moment of the Queen's accession in 1837, following her first faltering steps from capricious, hormonal teenager with a weak grasp on her duties and responsibilities to her marriage to Albert.
Best episode · S01E08 Young England

Season 2 · Complete
Series 2
20178 episodes
7.1IMDbResuming one month after the first series ended, series two establishes Victoria as a working mother, learning to balance her responsibilities as both parent and Queen. However, Prince Albert is still struggling to find a role for himself alongside his powerful wife as she returns to her duties, intent on proving that she can be both a mother and dedicated Queen.
Best episode · S02E03 Warp and Weft

Season 3 · Complete
Series 3
20198 episodes
6.6IMDbStarting in 1848, the third series depicts a turbulent and uncertain time for both Europe and the monarchy. With revolutions on the continent and the Chartist movement reaching its peak in London, Victoria is under pressure from the government to leave London for her own safety.
Best episode · S03E01 Uneasy Lies the Head that Wears the Crown
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.

S01E08
Young England
A heavily pregnant Victoria is frustrated by both Albert and her mother's attempts to confine her to the Palace. Cumberland arrives in London, hoping that Victoria may die in childbirth, as he is still the heir Presumptive. Determined to show herself in public, Victoria goes for a drive and is accosted by an unhinged admirer, desperate to free her from her ‘German tyrant'. Whilst Victoria is taken aback, she is resolute that it will not frighten her and despite Albert's misgiving, goes out again.
- Directed by Olly Blackburn
- Written by Daisy Goodwin

S02E03
Warp and Weft
Discontent is growing in the country, and upon hearing the pleas of a silk weaver of Spitalfields, Victoria decides she must help. Against Peel and Albert's advice, she hatches a plan: a fantastic medieval ball at the Palace, where the attendees have to wear costumes made from Spitalfields silk.
- Directed by Geoffrey Sax
- Written by Daisy Goodwin

S01E07
The Engine of Change
The queen becomes pregnant, and declares that Albert will become head of state in the event of her death. The developments outrage members of the Tory party, who fear a German prince holding sway over the nation and make arrangements to disrupt his visit to the industrial north. The consort finds an unlikely ally in Sir Robert Peel, who seeks royal approval for the rapidly developing railway. At first, Victoria does not approve, but soon changes her mind when she experiences Peel's creation for herself.
- Directed by Olly Blackburn
- Written by Guy Andrews

S01E06
The Queen's Husband
Albert feels he needs a greater role in public affairs, and becomes involved in the anti-slavery movement. Victoria matches wills with the Duke of Sussex to see that her husband is granted more respect, while Skerrett faces a dilemma when she realises that the only person who can save her cousin and child from certain death is the man she trusts the least.
- Directed by Olly Blackburn
- Written by Daisy Goodwin

S01E04
The Clockwork Prince
Prince Albert arrives in England for the first time, and he and Victoria take an instant dislike to each other in an awkward first encounter. Below stairs, Albert's valet clashes with the royal servants, while Skerrett is visited by a girl in need of money.

S01E01
Doll No 123
In 1838, at the age of 18, young princess Alexandrina's life is transformed when she ascends the throne of Great Britain and becomes Queen Victoria. Suddenly finding herself freed of the repressive shackles placed on her by her mother's advisor, Conroy, she builds a new alliance with the charismatic prime minister Lord Melbourne.
- Directed by Tom Vaughan
- Written by Daisy Goodwin
Recently aired
Latest Episodes

S03E08
The White Elephant
- Directed by Delyth Thomas
- Written by Daisy Goodwin

S00E09
Victoria and Lord Melbourne

S00E08
Victoria and Albert

S00E07
The Making of Victoria

S03E07
A Public Inconvenience
- Directed by Delyth Thomas
- Written by Ottilie Wilford

S03E06
A Coburg Quartet
- Directed by Chloë Thomas
- Written by Daisy Goodwin
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Kate McKerrellExecutive Producer
- Daisy GoodwinExecutive Producer
- Damien TimmerExecutive Producer
- Dan McCullochExecutive Producer
- Rebecca EatonExecutive Producer
Writing
- Guy AndrewsWriter
- Ottilie WilfordWriter
- Daisy GoodwinWriter
Direction
- Sandra GoldbacherDirector
- Jim LoachDirector
- Delyth ThomasDirector
- Daniel O'HaraDirector
- Lisa James LarssonDirector
- Olly BlackburnDirector
Cinematography
- Ed RutherfordDirector of Photography
- Rasmus ArrildtDirector of Photography
- Andrew McDonnellDirector of Photography
- James FriendDirector of Photography
- John LeeDirector of Photography
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