Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary (2016)

  • NR
  • 02/01/2016 (GB)
  • Documentary, History
  • 59m

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.

Renny Bartlett

Director

Cast

Helen Bradbury's headshot

Helen Bradbury

Elizabeth I
Beth Cooke's headshot

Beth Cooke

Mary, Queen of Scots
Adam Burton's headshot

Adam Burton

Thomas Randolph
Michael Jenn's headshot

Michael Jenn

Lord Burghley
Jamie Laird's headshot

Jamie Laird

Sir James Melville
Simon Cotton's headshot

Simon Cotton

Lord Robert Dudley
Nicholas Agnew's headshot

Nicholas Agnew

Anthony Babington
Bernard Hill's headshot

Bernard Hill

Narrator

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