Elizabeth R

Elizabeth R
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Glenda Jackson stars as Queen Elizabeth I in this series documenting the dramatic reign of the Virgin Queen.

  • Drama
  • Year 1971
  • 1 Season

Glenda Jackson stars as Queen Elizabeth I in this series documenting the dramatic reign of the Virgin Queen.

  1. Year: 1971
  • Elizabeth R S1 E1

    E1 • The Lion's Cub

    1. 85min
    2. TV-14
    3. CC
    4. HD

    A young Elizabeth lives in dangerous times, leading the Protestant rebellion against her Catholic half-sister Mary, and challenging her claim to the throne.

  • Elizabeth R S1 E2

    E2 • The Marriage Game

    1. 90min
    2. TV-PG
    3. CC
    4. HD

    The unmarried young Queen is encouraged to find a suitable husband so that she can produce an heir, but she finds that very few suitors interest her.

  • Elizabeth R S1 E3

    E3 • Shadow in the Sun

    1. 88min
    2. TV-PG
    3. CC
    4. HD

    Elizabeth meets an interesting suitor, the Duke of Anjou, much to the Puritans' disapproval. Now Elizabeth must decide whether to follow her head or her heart.

  • Elizabeth R S1 E4

    E4 • Horrible Conspiracies

    1. 89min
    2. TV-14
    3. CC
    4. HD

    Queen Elizabeth finds her position increasingly threatened by Mary, Queen of Scots and her loyal supporters. Will Elizabeth have to execute Mary in order to remain Queen?

  • Elizabeth R S1 E5

    E5 • The Enterprise of England

    1. 92min
    2. TV-14
    3. CC
    4. HD

    With the threat of war against Spain suddenly imminent, Elizabeth must place her faith in the strength of the Navy, led by Sir Francis Drake.

  • Elizabeth R S1 E6

    E6 • Sweet England's Pride

    1. 78min
    2. TV-PG
    3. CC
    4. HD

    An elderly Queen Elizabeth instructs the Earl of Essex to quell the threat of an Irish uprising, but will she have to deal with a rebellion of her own?

  • Cast
  • Daphne Slater

    Mary

  • Ronald Hines

    William Cecil

  • Rosalie Crutchley

    Catherine Parr

  • Rachel Kempson

    Kat Ashley

  • Robert Hardy

    Robert Dudley

  • John Cairney

    Sir James Melville

  • Vivian Pickles

    Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots

  • John Shrapnel

    Earl of Sussex

  • Bernard Horsfall

    Sir Christopher Hatton

  • Vivian Pickles

    Mary, Queen of Scots

  • Hamilton Dyce

    Sir Amyas Paulet

  • Bernard Holley

    Gilbert Gifford

  • Peter Jeffrey

    King Philip II of Spain

  • John Woodvine

    Sir Francis Drake

  • Robin Ellis

    Robert Devereaux

  • Hugh Dickson

    Sir Robert Cecil

  • John Nettleton

    Sir Francis Bacon

  • Nicholas Selby

    Sir Walter Raleigh

  • Crew
  • Claude Whatham

    Director

  • Richard Martin

    Director

  • Roderick Graham

    Director

  • John Hale

    Writer

  • Rosemary Anne Sisson

    Writer

  • Hugh Whitemore

    Writer

  • John Prebble

    Writer