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Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents

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  • 2017-2017
  • 1 Season
  • Documentary
  • TV-PG
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It was the world’s first secret service. When the pope declared Queen Elizabeth I as a heretic, she was the immediate target of Catholic assassins. To combat this, her spymaster William Cecil set up a network of informers and agents to prevent any plots. This soon grew into a huge espionage operation using brutal methods to protect the monarchy. It would change history forever.

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Cast & Crew See All

Colin Tierney
Self - Narrator
Dominic Green
Self - Historian
Kevin James
Robert Cecil

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Episode #1.1

Sun, Jan 28, 201854 mins

England is on her own - a Protestant nation in a predominantly Catholic Europe. 12 years into her reign, the pope declares Elizabeth a heretic, rousing the nation's Catholics against her.

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Awards

  • 2018 - RTS Television Award - Best History - winner
  • 2018 - BAFTA TV Award - Best Specialist Factual - nominated
  • 2018 - RTS Television Award - Best History - winner

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