Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary

59m
DocumentaryHistory
6.8

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.

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

Crew

Renny Bartlett
Director, Producer
Ailsa Orr
Executive Producer
Stuart Carter
Executive Producer

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