The Virgin Queen

Synopsis

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.

Top cast

Anne-Marie Duff

Queen Elizabeth I

Tom Hardy

Robert Dudley

Ian Hart

William Cecil - Lord Burghley

Dexter Fletcher

Sir Thomas Radcliffe - Earl of Sussex

Joanne Whalley

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