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Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

Series 1 Episode 1

We find England alone, a protestant nation in a largely Catholic Europe. Then, twelve years into Elizabeth's reign, the Pope declares her a heretic, which in the hearts of England's Catholics gives them permission to kill her. Queen Elizabeth looks to her spymaster William Cecil to stop the Catholic assassins getting through. Cecil establishes a huge espionage network, England's first secret service. His spies break Catholic conspiracies at home and abroad.

Category
Documentary / Historical drama
Original air date
2017-10-23
Cast and crew
  • Julian JonesDirector
  • Julie NeubertQueen Elizabeth I
  • Philip RoschWilliam Cecil
  • James DaybellGuest
  • Robert HutchinsonGuest
  • Jerry BrottonGuest
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