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Elizabeth R

  • TV Mini Series
  • 19711971
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
1.8K
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Elizabeth R (1971)
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When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/ matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and h... Read allWhen Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/ matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisers know she has to marry. Doesn't she? Thus starts a decades-long political/ matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.
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  • Stars
    • Glenda Jackson
    • Ronald Hines
    • Robert Hardy
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  • Stars
    • Glenda Jackson
    • Ronald Hines
    • Robert Hardy
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    • 32User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Won 5 Primetime Emmys
      • 7 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Ronald Hines and Glenda Jackson in Elizabeth R (1971)
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    Glenda Jackson
    Glenda Jackson
    • Queen Elizabeth Ias Queen Elizabeth I
    6 episodes6 eps • 1971
    Ronald Hines
    Ronald Hines
    • William Cecil (Lord Burghley)as William Cecil (Lord Burghley)
    5 episodes5 eps • 1971
    Robert Hardy
    Robert Hardy
    • Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester)as Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester)
    3 episodes3 eps • 1971
    Stephen Murray
    Stephen Murray
    • Walsinghamas Walsingham
    3 episodes3 eps • 1971
    John Shrapnel
    John Shrapnel
    • Earl of Sussexas Earl of Sussex
    3 episodes3 eps • 1971
    Angela Thorne
    Angela Thorne
    • Lettice Knollys, Lady Leicesteras Lettice Knollys, Lady Leicester
    3 episodes3 eps • 1971
    Robin Ellis
    Robin Ellis
    • Robert Devereaux (Earl of Essex)as Robert Devereaux (Earl of Essex)
    2 episodes2 eps • 1971
    Peter Jeffrey
    Peter Jeffrey
    • King Philip II of Spainas King Philip II of Spain
    2 episodes2 eps • 1971
    Rachel Kempson
    Rachel Kempson
    • Kat Ashleyas Kat Ashley
    2 episodes2 eps • 1971
    Vivian Pickles
    Vivian Pickles
    • Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotsas Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1971
    Peter Howell
    Peter Howell
    • Lord Howardas Lord Howard
    2 episodes2 eps • 1971
    Daphne Slater
    • Mary Ias Mary I
    1 episode1 ep • 1971
    Hugh Dickson
    Hugh Dickson
    • Sir Robert Cecilas Sir Robert Cecil
    1 episode1 ep • 1971
    Rosalie Crutchley
    Rosalie Crutchley
    • Catherine Parras Catherine Parr
    1 episode1 ep • 1971
    Esmond Knight
    Esmond Knight
    • Bishop de Quadraas Bishop de Quadra
    1 episode1 ep • 1971
    John Nettleton
    John Nettleton
    • Sir Francis Baconas Sir Francis Bacon
    1 episode1 ep • 1971
    Hamilton Dyce
    • Sir Amyas Pauletas Sir Amyas Paulet
    1 episode1 ep • 1971
    David Collings
    David Collings
    • Sir Anthony Babingtonas Sir Anthony Babington
    1 episode1 ep • 1971
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    • Trivia
      Two hundred gowns were made specifically for the series. Some were so heavily padded that Glenda Jackson could barely bend her arms. Some were so heavy that she could only wear them while sitting. Some required weights to maintain their shape. Some were so large that Jackson found it hard to walk through doorways.
    • Goofs
      The courtyard in Elizabeth's palace contains an aviary with several Australian white cockatoos, long before any European had landed in Australia.
    • Quotes

      Queen Elizabeth I: All my life, I have been shadowed by conspiracy. The axe, the dagger, the block... they are as familiar to me as spring flowers to a countryman. Fears and doubts circle my head like black crows around a corpse. Every time a new treachery is revealed, I am strangely surprised. Foolishly, I expect good in a world where men pursue evil.

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      Featured in The 24th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1972)

    User reviews32

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    10/10
    Brilliant
    One of the best mini series ever shown on television.

    I am a lover of British costume drama and love that period of history and so must admit a bias

    The series is written by depicting a significant event in Elizabeth's life in each episode - First as the young Elizabeth and the dangers she faced. The subsequent episodes show the early years on the throne and Elizabeth's early relationship with Dudley, her forays into the marriage game, the events surrounding Mary Queen of Scots' last days, the Spanish Armada and the last days of her reign and her relationship with Dudley's step son Essex

    Unlike the movie Elizabeth, this series is highly accurate. Each time I watch the episodes I pick up more details of the research that has gone into the series. For example the costumes are based on portraits of the Queen and gowns depicted in them. The inside scenes are based on the actual make up of Tudor palaces relatively small wood panelled rooms, not large stone Gothic chambers.

    Being a mini series the events of her reign can be given more depth. The actors and writers have more time to develop the characters and show the changing relationships between the characters. There is time to show the Queen's development from the young queen depicted in Elizabeth the movie to icon Elizabeth created for herself over time. The series is fascinating to watch for the transformation in each episode for the aging of the queen from the young puritanical princess, with simple clothes and no make up to the aged queen, who has to virtually put on a mask of make up to be seen in public.

    The mini series shows the enduring relationships the queen maintained with Dudley and Cecil.

    Glenda Jackson produces the definitive interpretation of Elizabeth, warts and all. Elizabeth was not always a "nice" woman, but she was a great queen and the series shows this.

    For anyone who enjoyed Elizabeth the movie I strongly recommend that they watch this series.
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    • Nov 25, 2000

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    • Release date
      • February 13, 1972 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • PBS (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Елизавета: Королева английская
    • Filming locations
      • Penshurst Place, Kent, England, UK
    • Production company
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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