Cast 90
Glenda Jackson
Queen Elizabeth I (6 episodes)
Ronald Hines
William Cecil (5 episodes)
Vivian Pickles
Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots (3 episodes)
Angela Thorne
Lettice Knollys (3 episodes)
Robert Hardy
Robert Dudley (3 episodes)
John Shrapnel
Earl of Sussex (3 episodes)
Stephen Murray
Walsingham (3 episodes)
Rachel Kempson
Kat Ashley (2 episodes)
Robin Ellis
Robert Devereaux (2 episodes)
Peter Jeffrey
King Philip II of Spain (2 episodes)
Gordon Gostelow
Duke of Medina Sidonia (1 episode) (1 episode)
Peter Howell
Lord Howard (2 episodes)
Ian Calvin
Jester (uncredited) (2 episodes)
Clifford Rose
Egerton (1 episode)
Brian Wilde
Richard Topcliffe (1 episode)
Margaretta Scott
Catherine de Medici (1 episode)
Rosalie Crutchley
Catherine Parr (1 episode)
David Parfitt
Philip's Son (1 episode)
James Laurenson
Simier (1 episode)
Julian Holloway
de Noailles (1 episode)
Bernard Holley
Gilbert Gifford (1 episode)
Ian Barritt
Fowler (1 episode)
Derek Martin
Horseman to Cecil (1 episode)
Leonard Sachs
Count de Feria (1 episode)
Hamilton Dyce
Sir Amyas Paulet (1 episode)
Michael Williams
Duke of Alencon (1 episode)
John Woodvine
Sir Francis Drake (1 episode)
Stanley Lebor
Sir Robert Tyrwhit (1 episode)
Anthony Ainley
Henry Sidney (1 episode)
Bernard Hepton
Archbishop Cranmer (1 episode)
Patrick O'Connell
O'Neill (1 episode)
Jill Balcon
Lady Cobham (1 episode)
Michael Culver
John Tregannon (1 episode)
John Nettleton
Sir Francis Bacon (1 episode)
Bernard Horsfall
Sir Christopher Hatton (1 episode)
Peter Egan
Earl of Southampton (1 episode)
Basil Dignam
Archbishop Gardiner (1 episode)
Esmond Knight
Bishop de Quadra (1 episode)
Stacey Tendeter
Amye Dudley (1 episode)
Blake Butler
Sir Thomas Parry (1 episode)
John Ronane
Thomas Seymour (1 episode)
Daphne Slater
Mary I (1 episode)
Nicolette Bernard
Lady Tyrwhit (1 episode)
Kevin Brennan
Bridges (1 episode)
Brendan Barry
Renard (1 episode)
Robert Garrett
Sir Thomas Wyatt (1 episode)
Alan Foss
Sir Henry Bedingford (1 episode)
Philip Brack
John Dudley, Earl of Northumberland (1 episode)
Jason Kemp
Edward VI (1 episode)
Richard Parry
Guard (1 episode)
Sarah Frampton
Lady Jane Grey (1 episode)
Robert Barry
Guildford Dudley (1 episode)
John Cairney
Sir James Melville (1 episode)
Denis Carey
Doctor Burcot (1 episode)
Caroline Harris
Mary Sidney (1 episode)
David Strong
Duke of Norfolk (1 episode)
Clare Austin
Mrs. Pinto (1 episode)
John Hughes
Fenelon (1 episode)
Mary Patricia Finn
Dwarf 'Elizabeth' (1 episode)
Albert Horton
Dwarf 'Leicester' (1 episode)
Leslie Lawton
Jacques (1 episode)
James Urquhart
Court Official (1 episode)
Kenton Moore
Preacher (1 episode)
David Collings
Sir Anthony Babington (1 episode)
David Nettheim
Thomas Phelippes (1 episode)
John Graham
William Davison (1 episode)
David Garfield
John Ballard (1 episode)
Malcolm Hayes
Sir Edward Kelley (1 episode)
Raf De La Torre
Dr. John Dee (1 episode)
James Culliford
John Savage (1 episode)
John Ruddock
John Whitgift (1 episode)
Christopher Hancock
Juan de Idiaquez (1 episode)
Geoffrey Wincott
Santa Cruz (1 episode)
Paul Hardwick
Father Robert Parsons (1 episode)
Ian Ricketts
Luis Cabrera de Cordoba (1 episode)
Robert Sansom
Speaker of the Commons (1 episode)
Bill Horsley
Dutch Envoy (1 episode)
Derek Hardwick
Old Soldier (1 episode)
Malcolm McFee
Young Soldier (1 episode)
Hugh Dickson
Sir Robert Cecil (1 episode)
Nicholas Selby
Sir Walter Raleigh (1 episode)
Hayden Jones
Sir Christopher Blount (1 episode)
Sonia Fraser
Elizabeth Vernon (1 episode)
Shirley Dixon
Lady Rich (1 episode)
Judith South
Lady Essex (1 episode)
Kevin Flood
King Richard (1 episode)
David Hargreaves
Bolingbroke (1 episode)
Michael Beint
Gaoler (1 episode)
Peter Forest
Harper (1 episode)
Winefride Madigan
Irish Peasant (1 episode)
Directing 5
Roderick Graham
Director (2 episodes)
Donald McWhinnie
Director (1 episode)
Richard Martin
Director (1 episode)
Herbert Wise
Director (1 episode)
Claude Whatham
Director (1 episode)
Editing 1
Writing 6
John Prebble
Writer (1 episode)
Rosemary Anne Sisson
Writer (1 episode)
Hugh Whitemore
Writer (1 episode)
Julian Mitchell
Writer (1 episode)
Ian Rodger
Writer (1 episode)