Aired Thursday 21 December, 12:40am - 2:10amon BBC Four HD

Elizabeth R

Name: 12:40am - Elizabeth R
Start: 2023-12-20T23:40:00Z
End: 2023-12-21T01:10:00Z
Location: BBC Four HD

The Marriage Game

Urged by both Parliament and her council, she considers several suitors, but only Lord Robert Dudley really interests her. And, unfortunately, he is already married.

Category: Biography / Historical drama

Cast and crew

Roderick GrahamDirector
Glenda JacksonQueen Elizabeth I
Ronald HinesWilliam Cecil (Lord Burghley)
Robert HardyRobert Dudley (Earl of Leicester)
Stephen MurrayWalsingham
John ShrapnelEarl of Sussex
Angela ThorneLettice Knollys, Lady Leicester
Robin EllisRobert Devereaux (Earl of Essex)
Peter JeffreyKing Philip II of Spain
Rachel KempsonKat Ashley
Vivian PicklesMary Stuart, Queen of Scots
Peter HowellLord Howard

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