Disraeli Dizzy (1978– ) Online
- Original Title :
- Dizzy
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Biography / Drama / History
- Year :
- 1978–
- Directror :
- Claude Whatham
- Cast :
- Ian McShane,Mary Peach,Leigh Lawson
- Writer :
- David Butler
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 6.1/10
Having returned to England after a lengthy period abroad, Benjamin Disraeli goes about re-integrating himself with the upper crust of British society. He has had some success as an author but not surprisingly is penniless and clearly lives beyond his means. Known as Dizzy to his friends, he continues his affairs with married women and with the help of his father, manages to stay afloat financially. He soon sets his sight on being elected to Parliament and while his sympathies lie with the Radicals, he chooses to run as an independent, but without success. He enters into a quasi-permanent relationship with the married Henrietta but it comes to an end when he catches her with another man. He is finally elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament or, as he puts it, a progressive Conservative.
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Ian McShane | - | Benjamin Disraeli |
 | Mary Peach | - | Mary Anne' Lewis |
 | Leigh Lawson | - | Count Alfred D'Orsay |
 | Margaret Whiting | - | Lady Blessington |
| Brett Usher | - | Edward Lytton Bulwer |
 | Mark Dignam | - | Lord Lyndhurst |
 | William Russell | - | Wyndham Lewis |
| Madlena Nedeva | - | Lady Henrietta Sykes |
 | Rachel Bell | - | Clara Bolton |
 | Aubrey Morris | - | Isaac D'Israeli |
| Maria Charles | - | Maria D'Israeli |
| Jenny Lipman | - | Sarah D'Israeli |
 | Patricia Hodge | - | Rosina Bulwer |
| Tim Brierley | - | Daniel Maclise |
| Ian Thompson | - | Sir Francis Sykes |