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The White Queen (2013)

BBC One · Drama, History · 1 season · 60 min

The White Queen is a riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.

The year is 1464, before the Tudor dynasty ruled the country, and war has been ravaging throughout England over who is the rightful King. It is a bitter dispute between two sides of the same family, The House of York and The House of Lancaster.

The House of York's young and handsome Edward IV is crowned King of England with the help of the master manipulator, Lord Warwick "The Kingmaker." But when Edward falls in love with a beautiful Lancastrian commoner, Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick's plan to control the throne comes crashing down.

A violent, high-stakes struggle ensues between Elizabeth, her most fierce adversary, Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort, and Anne Neville, the pawn in her father's power game - each woman vying for the crown.

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Seasons

  1. Season 1 · 10 episodes · 2013

Cast

  • Rebecca Ferguson
    Queen Elizabeth
  • Amanda Hale
    Lady Margaret Beaufort
  • Faye Marsay
    Anne Neville
  • Aneurin Barnard
    Duke of Gloucester
  • Ashley Charles
    Thomas Grey
  • Max Irons
    King Edward
  • Ben Lamb
    Anthony Rivers
  • Tom McKay
    Jasper Tudor
  • David Oakes
    Duke of Clarence
  • Eleanor Tomlinson
    Isabel Neville
  • Michael Marcus
    Henry Tudor
  • Juliet Aubrey
    Countess of Warwick

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