Anna and the King
originally aired on CBS
Anna and the King is a non-musical adaptation of the film of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I. The series was based on the 1944 novel Anna and The King of Siam by Margaret Landon. The plot involved the king's bringing to Siam of a British governess, Anna Leonowens, to educate his son and heir, Crown Prince Chulalongkorn. As time goes on, the two develop a platonic infatuation with each other.