S01E01 Part 1
Elizabeth remains a threat in her childless Catholic sister's eyes. Queen Mary is still on the throne and with her harsh politics, she excessively pursues the persecution of Protestants, even of her sister. Queen Mary...
The Virgin Queen
S01E03: Part 3
In order to neutralize the threat from the Catholics, Elizabeth pursues a match with the Duke of Anjou. Walsingham discovers proof of a planed murder of Elizabeth. Elizabeth sends the Duke of Anjou away when she finds a knife in her bed and brings Mary Queen of Scots to trial. She is forced to execute her when Mary Queen of Scots is found guilty. This execution angers the Spanish and they send their Armada to fight the English as a consequence. However, the English can defeat the Armada. The news of Dudley's death leaves Elizabeth heartbroken, but when she meets the step-son of Dudley, the Earl of Essex, she allows herself to be charmed by him.
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.
Episodes
S01E02 Part 2
The pressure on Elizabeth grows as there is still no marriage and consequently no heir to the throne. Elizabeth fears that her cousin Mary Queen of Scots, recently widowed, might claim her right to the...
S01E03 Part 3
In order to neutralize the threat from the Catholics, Elizabeth pursues a match with the Duke of Anjou. Walsingham discovers proof of a planed murder of Elizabeth. Elizabeth sends the Duke of Anjou away when...
S01E04 Part 4
The Queen refuses to pay him when the Earl of Essex, the new national hero, returns with less riches than expected. He then travels to Ireland in order to put down a rebellion. He is...
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
