Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

Feb 1, 2016

0h 59m

★ 6.8

Overview

A dramatisation based on the exchange of letters between Mary Queen of Scots and her cousin Elizabeth I, detailing the hatred and obsession in their bitter rivalry. Expert historians examine and interpret the royals' motives for the animosity that lasted more than two decades, and which threatened to tear apart the reigning monarch and her kingdom.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Pioneer Productions

BBC

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Cast

Elizabeth I

Helen Bradbury

Mary, Queen of Scots

Beth Cooke

Thomas Randolph

Adam Burton

Lord Burghley

Michael Jenn

Sir James Melville

Jamie Laird

Lord Robert Dudley

Simon Cotton

Anthony Babington

Nicholas Agnew

Narrator

Bernard Hill

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