
The Virgin Queen
Overview
The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.
Episodes
Show Details
Network
BBC One
Status
Ended
Seasons
1 seasons
4 episodes
Language
Spanish
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Key Crew

Coky Giedroyc
Director

Paula Milne
Writer

Paul Rutman
Producer

Simon Curtis
Executive Producer
Cast

Anne-Marie Duff
Queen Elizabeth I

Tom Hardy
Robert Dudley

Ian Hart
William Cecil - Lord Burghley

Dexter Fletcher
Sir Thomas Radcliffe - Earl of Sussex

Joanne Whalley
Queen Mary

Ben Daniels
Francis Walsingham

Kevin McKidd
Duke of Norfolk

Emilia Fox
Amy Dudley

Tara Fitzgerald
Kat Ashley

Hans Matheson
Robert Devereux - Earl of Essex

Sienna Guillory
Lettice Knollys

Robert Pugh
Lord Chancellor Gardiner

Ewen Bremner
Sir James Melville

Emma Kennedy
Ellen

Ulrich Thomsen
Baron

Jason Watkins
Christopher Hatton

Richard Syms
Courtier
Matthias Gibbig
Duke of Anjou

Enzo Cilenti
Jean de Simier

Stephen Walters
Gilbert Gifford