The Virgin Queen

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.

• Paula MilneWriter
• Coky GiedroycDirector
• Martin PhippsOriginal Music Composer

• Anne-Marie DuffQueen Elizabeth I
• Tom HardyRobert Dudley
• Ian HartWilliam Cecil - Lord Burghley
• Dexter FletcherSir Thomas Radcliffe - Earl of Sussex
• Joanne WhalleyQueen Mary
• Ben DanielsFrancis Walsingham
• Kevin McKiddDuke of Norfolk
• Emilia FoxAmy Dudley
• Tara FitzgeraldKat Ashley
• Hans MathesonRobert Devereux - Earl of Essex
• Sienna GuilloryLettice Knollys
• Robert PughLord Chancellor Gardiner