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This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin Queen, including her ascension to the throne, her various marital intrigues, her problems with her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots, and the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada.
7.5
Score
21
BBC Two
“GLENDA JACKSON IS ELIZABETH”

Stephen Murray
Walsingham

Vivian Pickles
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

Rachel Kempson
Kat Ashley

Robin Ellis
Robert Devereaux

Peter Jeffrey
King Philip II of Spain
Gordon Gostelow
Gordon Gostelow
Duke of Medina Sidonia

Peter Howell
Lord Howard
Ian Calvin
Ian Calvin
Jester (uncredited)

Clifford Rose
Egerton

Brian Wilde
Richard Topcliffe

Margaretta Scott
Catherine de Medici

Rosalie Crutchley
Catherine Parr

David Parfitt
Philip's Son

James Laurenson
Simier

Julian Holloway
de Noailles