The Virgin Queen

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.

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

Ben Daniels

Francis Walsingham

Kevin McKidd

Duke of Norfolk

Emilia Fox

Amy Dudley

Tara Fitzgerald

Kat Ashley

Hans Matheson

Robert Devereux - Earl of Essex