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.
The Virgin Queen
Overview
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.
Seasons
1
Episodes
4
Status
Ended
Production
BBC
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
Queen Mary
Ben Daniels
Francis Walsingham
Kevin McKidd
Duke of Norfolk
Emilia Fox
Amy Dudley
Tara Fitzgerald
Kat Ashley
Hans Matheson
Robert Devereux - Earl of Essex
Sienna Guillory
Lettice Knollys
Robert Pugh
Lord Chancellor Gardiner
Ewen Bremner
Sir James Melville
Emma Kennedy
Ellen
Ulrich Thomsen
Baron
Jason Watkins
Christopher Hatton
Richard Syms
Courtier
Matthias Gibbig
Duke of Anjou
Enzo Cilenti
Jean de Simier
Stephen Walters
Gilbert Gifford
Vincent Franklin
Thomas Phelippes
Charlotte Winner
Mary, Queen of Scots
Nicholas Hewetson
Artist
Tony Maudsley
Captain Morgan
Nigel Martin Davey
Earl of Pembroke
Gavin Brocker
Young Man
Jordy Cernik
Period Guard
Dale Mercer
Court Dancer
Ralph Ineson
Dr. William Cowes
Derek Riddell
Sir Walter Raleigh
Neil Stuke
Francis Bacon
Shaun Evans
Earl of Southampton
Tom Chambers
Sir Thomas Gorges
Sebastian Armesto
Charles Blount
