Top billed cast

1. 

   Glenda Jackson

   Queen Elizabeth I

2. 

   Ronald Hines

   William Cecil

3. 

   Angela Thorne

   Lettice Knollys

4. 

   Robert Hardy

   Robert Dudley

5. 

   John Shrapnel

   Earl of Sussex

6. 

   Stephen Murray

   Walsingham

7. 

   Vivian Pickles

   Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

8. 

   Rachel Kempson

   Kat Ashley

9. 

   Robin Ellis

   Robert Devereaux

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Current Season

Season 1

1971 | 6 Episodes

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-06-01

Depicting the life of Elizabeth Tudor, this six part drama series takes us as she evolves from the terrified Princess living under constant threat of death to the famed Virgin Queen who ruled England for 45 years. Glenda Jackson is superb in the title role with a supporting cast from amongst the finest English stage and television actors - notably Ronald Hines, Stephen Murray, John Shrapnel and Robert Hardy. The script is tight, the direction focused and the performances convey all the peril, malevolence, greed, perniciousness and ambition of the 16th Century English court. It rarely ventures ...read the rest

Recommendations

1. The White Princess77%
2. Elizabeth I72%
3. The White Queen73%
4. Becoming Elizabeth66%
5. The Virgin Queen64%
6. The Crown81%
7. The Tudors78%
8. Victoria73%
9. Versailles76%
10. Wolf Hall75%
11. Downton Abbey81%
12. The Spanish Princess75%
13. Reign80%
14. Shōgun76%
15. Desperate Romantics74%
16. Pride and Prejudice82%
17. The Devil's Whore68%
18. Jane Eyre76%
19. Lady Chatterley63%
20. Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story80%

Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Elizabeth R

Keywords

• england
• queen elizabeth i
• royalty
• miniseries
• palace intrigue
• historical drama
• costume drama
• 16th century
• british monarchy