Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I

Elizabeth R is a BBC television drama serial that was broadcast in six, 85 minute parts on terrestrial channel BBC Two from February to March 1971. Starring Glenda Jackson in the title role, it was a largely accurate, historical portrayal of the life of Elizabeth I of England. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Cathy Come Home, a 1966 entry into The Wednesday Play anthology series, voted the best drama and second highest programme overall in the British Film Institutes 2000 survey of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes of the 20th century. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. ... Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA or broadcast television) was the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery prior to the advent of cable and satellite television. ... Channel, in communications (sometimes called communications channel), refers to the medium used to convey information from a sender (or transmitter) to a receiver. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson, CBE, (born 9 May 1936) is a two-time Academy Award-winning British actress and politician, currently Labour Member of Parliament for the constituency of Hampstead and Highgate in the London Borough of Camden. ... Elizabeth I redirects here. ...

Series Background

The first episode was broadcast on 19 February 1971, beginning on screen in the year 1548 with the then Princess Elizabeth's difficult ascent to the throne of England ten years later. The final episode was shown on 24 March, the 368º anniversary of the Queen's death. is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. ... Princess is the feminine form of prince (from Latin princeps, meaning principal citizen). ... is the 83rd day of the year (84th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...

The series was essentially a follow-on from the successful Six Wives of Henry VIII of 1970. Bernard Hepton as Cranmer, Basil Dignam as Bishop Gardiner, John Ronane as Thomas Seymour, and Rosalie Crutchley as Catherine Parr, reappeared in the same roles in Elizabeth R. Not to be confused with The Six Wives of Henry VIII (documentary), a more recent Channel 4 documentary series on the subject by David Starkey. ... Bernard Hepton (born October 19, 1925 in Bradford, England) is a British actor. ... Thomas Cranmer (July 2, 1489 – March 21, 1556) was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of the English kings Henry VIII and Edward VI. He is credited with writing and compiling the first two Books of Common Prayer which established the basic structure of Anglican liturgy for centuries and... Basil Dignam (b. ... Stephen Gardiner (c. ... John Ronane (born 11 December 1933) is an actor. ... Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley (c. ... Rosalie Crutchley (January 4, 1920 - July 28, 1997) was a British actress. ... Catherine Parr (c. ...

The series starred many well-known television actors, including Malcolm McFee, Michael Williams, Margaretta Scott, John Woodvine, James Laurenson, Angela Thorne, Brian Wilde, Robin Ellis, Robert Hardy and Peter Egan. Malcolm McFee, an English actor born on 26th August 1949 in Forest Gate, Newham, was best known for his role as Peter Craven in the hit TV series Please Sir! (1968) and The Fenn Street Gang (1971). ... Michael Leonard Williams (9 July 1935 – 11 January 2001) was a British actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... John Woodvine in the Doctor Who serial The Armageddon Factor John Woodvine (born 21 July 1929 in Tyne Dock, County Durham) is a British actor who has appeared in over sixty film and television roles. ... James Laurenson (born February 17, 1940) is a New Zealand actor, who has performed many classical roles on stage and television. ... Angela Thorne (born January 25, 1939 in Karachi, then British India now Pakistan) is an actress. ... Brian Wilde as prison warden Mr Barrowclough Brian Wilde (b. ... Robin Ellis Robin Ellis (born January 8, 1942 London) is a British actor who is best remembered as having starred in both Poldark mini-series on television, playing Captain Ross Poldark. ... Robert Hardy as Cornelius Fudge in the film Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy, CBE (born October 29, 1925) is one of Britains best-known and most popular actors, and also an acknowledged expert on the longbow. ... Peter Egan (born September 28, 1946) is a British actor best known for playing smooth neighbour Paul Ryman in 1980s sitcom Ever Decreasing Circles. ...

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Cast

• Glenda Jackson - Elizabeth
• Robert Hardy - Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester
• Ronald Hines - Sir William Cecil
• Michael Williams - Francois, Duke of Anjou
• Robin Ellis - Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex
• Stephen Murray - Sir Francis Walsingham
• Daphne Slater - Queen Mary
• Vivian Pickles - Mary, Queen of Scots
• Rachel Kempson - Kat Ashley
• Peter Jeffrey - King Philip of Spain
• John Woodvine - Sir Francis Drake
• Angela Thorne - Lettice Knollys
• James Laurenson - Simier
• Nicholas Selby - Sir Walter Raleigh
• Margaretta Scott - Catherine de' Medici
• John Ronane - Thomas Seymour
• Bernard Hepton - Archbishop Cranmer
• Basil Dignam - Bishop Gardiner
• Rosalie Crutchley - Catherine Parr

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External link

• Elizabeth R at the Internet Movie Database