The Windsors
- TV sitcom
- Channel 4
- 2016 - 2023
- 21 episodes (3 series)
Comedy soap opera based upon the lives of the Royal Family. Stars Harry Enfield, Haydn Gwynne, Hugh Skinner, Louise Ford, Morgana Robinson and more.
- Due to return for Series 4
Streaming rank this week: 3,953
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Camilla & May's Brexit clash dubbed 'TV moment of 2017'
The Windsors returned tonight with a second series, with viewers already dubbing one particular scene the "TV moment of the year".
Rory O'Connor, The Daily Express, 5th July 2017How long before The Windsors wears thin?
My only qualm is this: I'm not sure the premise is sustainable for an entire series. There's only so many times you can make jokes about Wills being dim, Kate being descended from gypsies, and Harry watching The Crown to educate himself about his ancestors. Sooner or later, I suspect, the gags will wear as thin as the hair on poor Wills' head.
Chloe Hamilton, i Newspaper, 5th July 2017The Windsors - Haydn Gwynne interview
If you're a producer with a new television comedy to sell, may I strongly recommend Haydn Gwynne.
The Daily Express, 2nd July 2017Comedy nominees for BAFTA TV Awards 2017
Camping, Fleabag, Flowers, People Just Do Nothing, The Last Leg and Taskmaster are amongst the nominees for the 2017 BAFTA TV Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 11th April 2017Kathryn Drysdale to play Prince Harry's girlfriend
Channel 4 royal family satire The Windsors is introducing a new character to the second series: Prince Harry's girlfriend Meghan Markle. Harry's new(ish) American actress love interest will be played by Kathryn Drysdale when The Windsors returns for a second run later this year.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 20th March 2017Comedies nominated in Royal Television Society Awards 2017
Catastrophe, People Just Do Nothing and The Windsors are amongst the nominees for the Royal Television Society Awards 2017.
British Comedy Guide, 7th March 2017Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016 shortlists announced
The shortlists for the Comedy.co.uk Awards 2016 have been revealed. 60 shows are in the running for the Comedy Of The Year title. Voting is now open.
British Comedy Guide, 16th January 2017Top 40 TV Shows of 2016: #22 The Windsors
Channel 4's extremely rude cartoonish soap opera about the royal family imagined them as irredeemably stupid, lazy, self-indulgent and so absurdly posh that they can't even pronounce the wordy "gypsy" correctly. But the lashings of Spitting Image-style tomfoolery lent it a certain innocence and allowed the creators to be extremely bold.
Ben Dowell, Radio Times, 25th December 2016The Windsors Christmas Special review
A high-camp, highly treasonous royal pantomime.
Michael Hogan, The Telegraph, 23rd December 2016Why don't comedians criticise the monarchy?
It's the job of standups to hold institutions to account - laugh by laugh - so why aren't more of them laying bare the anachronistic daftness of the royal family?
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 19th October 2016