Bloody Queens: Elizabeth and Mary (2016)
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.
Director: Renny Bartlett
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Helen Bradbury as Elizabeth I |
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Beth Cooke as Mary, Queen of Scots |
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Adam Burton as Thomas Randolph |
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Michael Jenn as Lord Burghley |
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Jamie Laird as Sir James Melville |
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Simon Cotton as Lord Robert Dudley |
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Nicholas Agnew as Anthony Babington |
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Bernard Hill as Narrator |
| Directing | Renny Bartlett | Director |
| Production | Ailsa Orr | Executive Producer |
| Production | Stuart Carter | Executive Producer |
| Production | Renny Bartlett | Producer |