Aired Friday 22 December, 1:50am - 3:20amon BBC Four HD

Elizabeth R

Name: 1:50am - Elizabeth R
Start: 2023-12-22T00:50:00Z
End: 2023-12-22T02:20:00Z
Location: BBC Four HD

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
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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