Screenplay:
Julian MitchellCast:
Glenda Jackson, Robert Hardy, Esmond Knight, John Shrapnel, Nicholas Selby, John Nettleton, Peter Egan, Rachel Kempson, Vivian Pickles, Rosalie Crutchley (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A masterful dramatization of the 45-year reign of Elizabeth I produced by the BBC. Nine hour-long episodes chronicle the British monarch's affairs of state and affairs of the heart. Beginning with her ascendance to the throne, Elizabeth I challenged the status quo, not least by her refusal to marry. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Glenda Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/324/164324250_3e68c0.jpg)
![Robert Hardy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871820_03d947.jpg)
Robert Hardy
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
Little Dorrit (2008) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
![Esmond Knight](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505321_153cd2.jpg)
Esmond Knight
UK
Best series:
I, Claudius (1976) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
![John Shrapnel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886425_62baa4.jpg)
John Shrapnel
UK
Best series:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Space: 1999 (1975) (series)
Apparitions (2008) (series)
![Nicholas Selby](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/451/161451351_ea7df5.jpg)
Nicholas Selby
UK
Best series:
House of Cards (1990) (series)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
John Nettleton
UK
Best series:
Yes, Prime Minister (1986) (series)
Yes, Minister (1980) (series)
Brideshead Revisited (1981) (series)
![Peter Egan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/421/421355_f04180.jpg)
Peter Egan
UK
Best series:
Downton Abbey (2010) (series)
After Life (2019) (series)
Unforgotten (2015) (series)
![Rachel Kempson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/280/280461_a543c6.jpg)
Rachel Kempson
UK
Best series:
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
The Black Tower (1985) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
Vivian Pickles
UK
Best series:
Jeeves and Wooster (1990) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)
Bergerac (1981) (series)
![Rosalie Crutchley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330959_4964a9.jpg)
Rosalie Crutchley
UK
Best series:
The Prisoner (1967) (series)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
![Keith Michell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/352/160352293_f728de.jpg)
Keith Michell
Australia
Best series:
Captain James Cook (1987) (series)
Murder, She Wrote (1984) (series)
![John Woodvine](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/439/160439130_671cee.jpg)
John Woodvine
UK
Best series:
All Creatures Great and Small (1978) (series)
The Crown (2016) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
James Culliford
Best series:
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969) (series)
![Ian Barritt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/275/162275797_e9b985.jpg)
Ian Barritt
UK
Best series:
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
Life on Mars (2006) (series)
Doctor Who (2005) (series)
Jill Balcon
UK
Best series:
The Sweeney (1975) (series)
Peter Jeffrey
UK
Best series:
Yes, Minister (1980) (series)
The Jewel in the Crown (1984) (series)
The Last Place on Earth (1985) (series)
![Blake Butler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/466/161466247_cf5cab.jpg)
Blake Butler
UK
Best series:
Mind Your Language (1977) (series)
The Saint (1962) (series)
Dad's Army (1968) (series)
Derek Martin
UK
Best series:
Only Fools and Horses.... (1981) (series)
Doctor Who (1963) (series)
Little Britain (2003) (series)
![Angela Thorne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/098/162098840_4efa8e.jpg)
Angela Thorne
Pakistan
Best series:
Wallander (2008) (series)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
The Avengers (1961) (series)