Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

59 mins | Documentary, History | Feb. 1, 2016

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.

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

59 mins | Documentary, History | Feb. 1, 2016

Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
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.
Producers BBC, Pioneer Productions
Original title Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary
Directors Renny Bartlett
Writers

Cast

Helen Bradbury

as Elizabeth I

Beth Cooke

as Mary, Queen of Scots

Adam Burton

as Thomas Randolph

Michael Jenn

as Lord Burghley

Jamie Laird

as Sir James Melville

Simon Cotton

as Lord Robert Dudley

Nicholas Agnew

as Anthony Babington

Bernard Hill

as Narrator