Aired friday December 22, 12:50am - 2:20amon BBC Four HD

Elizabeth R

Horrible Conspiracies

Walsingham urges Elizabeth to execute Mary Queen of Scots, but the Queen refuses. Meanwhile, courtier Sir Anthony Babington is persuaded to organise a plot to kill Elizabeth and place Mary on the throne.

Category
Biography / Historical drama
Original air date
10/03/1971
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
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