Aired Saturday 23 December, 3:20am - 4:40amon BBC Four HD

Elizabeth R

Name: 3:20am - Elizabeth R
Start: 2023-12-23T02:20:00Z
End: 2023-12-23T03:40:00Z
Location: BBC Four HD

Sweet England's Pride

Elizabeth faces a rebellion in Ireland led by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, and dispatches her dashing young favourite, the Earl of Essex, to Ireland to resolve the crisis.

Category: Biography / Historical drama
Original air date: 24/03/1971

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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