Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

6.8(5 votes)
2016
0h 59m
Documentary
History

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.

Production

Pioneer Productions, BBC

Cast

Helen Bradbury

Helen Bradbury

Elizabeth I

Beth Cooke

Beth Cooke

Mary, Queen of Scots

Adam Burton

Adam Burton

Thomas Randolph

Michael Jenn

Michael Jenn

Lord Burghley

Jamie Laird

Jamie Laird

Sir James Melville

Simon Cotton

Simon Cotton

Lord Robert Dudley

Nicholas Agnew

Nicholas Agnew

Anthony Babington

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

Narrator

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