Elizabeth

Declared illegitimate aged 3. Tried for treason aged 21. Crowned Queen aged 25.

The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.

Drama History

Cate Blanchett

(Elizabeth I)

Joseph Fiennes

(Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester)

Geoffrey Rush

(Sir Francis Walsingham)

Christopher Eccleston

(Duke of Norfolk)

John Gielgud

(The Pope)

Richard Attenborough

(Sir William Cecil)

Fanny Ardant

(Mary of Guise)

Éric Cantona

(Monsieur de Foix)

Vincent Cassel

(Duc d'Anjou)

Kathy Burke

(Queen Mary Tudor)

Edward Hardwicke

(Earl of Arundel)

Emily Mortimer

(Kat Ashley)

James Frain

(Alvaro de la Quadra)

Kelly Macdonald

(Isabel Knollys)

Kenny Doughty

(Sir Thomas Elyot)

Daniel Craig

(John Ballard)

Alfie Allen

(Arundel's Son)

Jamie Foreman

(Earl of Sussex)

Lily Allen

(Lady in Waiting)

Amanda Ryan

(Lettice Howard)

Sally Grey

(Lady in Waiting)

Elika Gibbs

(Lady in Waiting)

Sarah Owen

(Lady in Waiting)

Kate Loustau

(Lady in Waiting)

Daniel Moynihan

(First Bishop)

Jeremy Hawk

(Second Bishop)

Daisy Bevan

(Arundel's Daughter)

Hayley Burroughs

(Lady in Waiting)

Joe White

(Master of the Tower)

Matt Andrews

(Norfolk's Man)

Ben Frain

(Young French Man)

Lewis Jones

(Priest)

Michael Beint

(Bishop Carlisle)

Angus Deayton

(Waad, Chancellor of the Eschequer)

Joseph O'Conor

(Earl of Derby)

Brendan O'Hea

(Lord William Howard)

Edward Highmore

(Lord Harewood)

James Rowe

(Bishop (in Cellar))

Donald Pelmear

(Third Bishop)

Tim Bevan

(Handsome Man)

Liz Giles

(Female Martyr)

Rod Culbertson

(Master Ridley)

Peter Stockbridge

(Palace Chamberlain)

Valerie Gale

(Mary's Dwarf)

George Antoni

(King Philip II of Spain)

Wayne Sleep

(Dance Tutor)

Charles Cartmell

(Dudley's Man)

Edward Purver

(Dudley's Man)

Vladimir Vega

(Vatican Cardinal)

Jennifer Lewicki

(Arundel's Housemaid)

Viviane Horne

(Arundel's Wife)

Nick Smallman

(Walsingham's Man)

James Britton

(Member of Duc d'Anjou's Group (uncredited))

Jean-Pierre Léaud

((uncredited))

Ben Mars

(Royal Guard of Honour (uncredited))

Daniel O'Meara

(Henchman (uncredited))

Jocelyn Quivrin

(French Guard (uncredited))

Matthew Rhys

((uncredited))

Jason Savin

(Courtier (uncredited))

Christian Simpson

(Royal Guard (uncredited))

Liam Foley

(Norfolk's Man)