Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary (2016)

02/01/2016 (GB) • 59m

Documentary, History

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.

Top Billed Cast

Helen Bradbury

Elizabeth I

Beth Cooke

Mary, Queen of Scots

Adam Burton

Thomas Randolph

Michael Jenn

Lord Burghley

Jamie Laird

Sir James Melville

Simon Cotton

Lord Robert Dudley

Nicholas Agnew

Anthony Babington

Bernard Hill

Narrator


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

queen

queen elizabeth i

rivalry

royalty

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