Cast

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

Crew

R
Roderick Graham
Director
H
Hugh Whitemore
Writer
C
Claude Whatham
Director
R
Rosemary Anne Sisson
Writer
D
Donald McWhinnie
Director
J
Julian Mitchell
Writer
J
John Prebble
Writer
H
Herbert Wise
Director
J
John Hale
Writer
R
Richard Martin
Director
R
Roderick Graham
Director
I
Ian Rodger
Writer
D
Dan Rae
Editor