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The Virgin Queen (2006)

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

Set against some of Britain's most beautiful landscapes, The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth I's long and eventful life, from the young princess to the successful Queen, who turns England into a major world power.

The drama explores her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror and her great love affair with Robert Dudley. Some of the important political and historical events during her reign are highlighted as she balances personal life with the pressures of being a monarch. Her years of triumph over the Armada, her old age and her last enigmatic relationship with the young Earl of Essex are also captured.

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Seasons

  1. Season 1 · 4 episodes · 2006

Cast

  • Anne-Marie Duff
    Queen Elizabeth I
  • Tom Hardy
    Robert Dudley / Earl of Leicester
  • Sienna Guillory
    Lettice Knollys
  • Ian Hart
    William Cecil
  • Dexter Fletcher
    The Earl of Sussex
  • Tara Fitzgerald
    Kat Ashley
  • Kevin McKidd
    The Duke of Norfolk
  • Hans Matheson
    Earl of Essex
  • Ben Daniels
    Francis Walsingham
  • Jason Watkins
    Christopher Hatton
  • Joanne Whalley
    Queen Mary
  • Robert Pugh
    Lord Chancellor Gardiner

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