The Virgin Queen

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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