
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.
Release Date: 2016-02-01
Documentary
History
★★★★★★★★★★ (5 votes)
Official website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06wdzd1
Casts

Helen Bradbury
as Elizabeth I

Beth Cooke
as Mary, Queen of Scots

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