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Elizabeth R

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1971-1971
1 Season
BBC Video
Documentary, Drama

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The life of Queen Elizabeth I, from her early years as a princess to her long reign as the final Tudor monarch.

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Cast & Crew See All

Glenda Jackson

Queen Elizabeth I

Ronald Hines

William Cecil (Lord Burghley)

Robert Hardy

Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester)

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

The Lion's Cub

Sun, Feb 13, 197285 mins

The fragile succession heralds dangerous times for the young Princess Elizabeth. Having narrowly avoided implication in Sir Thomas Seymour's attempted abduction of her sickly half-brother, the boy King Edward VI, she becomes an unintentional figurehead for a Protestant rebellion led by Thomas Wyatt the Younger when her half-sister Queen Mary I of England, a devout Roman Catholic, succeeds to the throne.

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Awards

1972 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Actress - nominated
1972 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Series - Drama - winner
1972 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Single Program - Drama or Comedy - nominated
1972 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding New Series - winner