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 (1956) 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 12-year-old son and heir, Crown Prince Chulalongkorn.