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Anna and the King

TV·1972–1972·1 season, 13 episodes·CBS·Comedy, Drama·30m·Created by Margaret Landon

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A stern schoolteacher clashes with an aristocratic 19th-century king.

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Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes1972AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Anna and the King S01E01PilotSeptember 11, 1972Anna comes to Siam to teach the king's children. The king receives a report. Sir Edward, a British diplomat, had called him a barbarian. Wit
  2. S01E02Anna and the King S01E02The BabySeptember 14, 1972When Anna learns that a poor woman’s baby is being sold to Kralahome’s wife to serve as a maid, she intervenes. This angers King Mongkut, as
  3. S01E03Anna and the King S01E03The King or the Tiger?September 25, 1972The king thinks his son is a coward because he is afraid to take part in a tiger hunt. But once the hunt is over, the king himself faces a t
  4. S01E04Anna and the King S01E04Chulalongkorn's GradesOctober 4, 1972The king is disappointed when Chulalongkorn's school marks are very low. It is up to governess Anna to convince King Mongkut that even a pri
  5. S01E05Anna and the King S01E05Anna's RomanceOctober 10, 1972King Mongkut misunderstands Anna when she explains that women need tenderness, assuming she wants to be his wife. Louis hears the rumor and
  6. S01E06Anna and the King S01E06The BicycleOctober 12, 1972The king orders a new invention from America to keep up with the times. But before anyone learns to ride it, the monarch first has to assemb
  7. S01E07Anna and the King S01E07Marriage of Prince ChulaOctober 20, 1972The king arranges his son's marriage to a 10-year-old Burmese princess, even though Anna objects, saying the children are too young.
  8. S01E08Anna and the King S01E08The King and the EggOctober 27, 1972During an audience, an egg is thrown at the king, and he orders the perpetrator’s execution. What he doesn’t know is that the perpetrator ha
  9. S01E09Anna and the King S01E09The ChimesNovember 1, 1972Anna tells the king that she is looking for a new job elsewhere. Mongkut begins to give her expensive gifts and treats her son Louis well, h
  10. S01E10Anna and the King S01E10Louis' LoveNovember 7, 1972Louis finds himself in a dilemma when one of the king's daughters, Kai Ling, falls for him. Anna advises her son on how to put an end to her
  11. S01E11Anna and the King S01E11The Haunted TempleNovember 15, 1972
  12. S01E12Anna and the King S01E12Louis, the PawnNovember 15, 1972
  13. S01E13Anna and the King S01E13SeranaNovember 21, 1972

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