"The Virgin Queen" (2005) TV mini-series

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

13 November 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim...

Plot Keywords:

Historical Fiction | Historical | 16th Century | Queen Elizabeth I | TV Mini-Series

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Anne-Marie Duff	...	Queen Elizabeth I (4 episodes, 2006)
Sienna Guillory	...	Lettice Knollys (4 episodes, 2006)
Ian Hart	...	William Cecil - Lord Burghley (4 episodes, 2006)
Tom Hardy	...	Robert Dudley / ... (4 episodes, 2006)
Dexter Fletcher	...	Sir Thomas Radcliffe - Earl of Sussex (3 episodes, 2006)
Richard Syms	...	Courtier (3 episodes, 2006)
Tara Fitzgerald	...	Kat Ashley (3 episodes, 2006)
Kevin McKidd	...	Duke of Norfolk (2 episodes, 2006)
Ben Daniels	...	Francis Walsingham (2 episodes, 2006)
Jason Watkins	...	Christopher Hatton (2 episodes, 2006)

Also Known As:

Elizabeth I: The Virgin Queen (USA) (DVD title)

Runtime:

237 min (4 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:12 (parts 1 & 4) | UK:PG (parts 2 & 3) | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Alnwick Castle, Alnwick, Northumberland, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Quotes:

Amy Dudley: [In a letter to her husband] I see now, if my life has a purpose, it is to protect you from your vanity... and the price you will pay if you fall pray to hers.

Soundtrack:

Say Its Not So

One of the most accurate portryals so far....

Having read the previous comments I would concur with what has been said, but here in the UK this was shown as 4 90 minute episodes, not 60 minutes as inferred in the previous post.

I loved everything about this production even down to the usage of the group the 'Medieval Baebes' (who perform mainly medieval AND Tudor/Renaissance popular music) which gave one goosebumps when you think that this music was probably well loved and performed by the real Queen and her courtiers.

If you check out the BBC Drama website it gives the background as to how the costumes were made to look in period and yet so modern and also the locations used. It was quite refreshing to see a British produced history series actually filmed in the UK and not in one of the old Eastern bloc countries as with the Channel 4 'Elizabeth I' and that other history series with Ann Marie Duff playing a character 'Charles II: The Power and the Passion'

Well done BBC...it will not surprise me if another BAFTA is not forthcoming for this production. Keep up the good work!