Elizabeth R
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Elizabeth R was a BBC television drama serial 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.
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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 four-hundred-and-thirty-eighth anniversary of the Queen's death.
The series was essentially a follow-on from the successful Six Wives of Henry VIII of 1970. Only Bernard Hepton as Cranmer, John Ronane as Thomas Seymour, and Rosalie Crutchley as Catherine Parr, reappeared in the same roles in Elizabeth R.
The series starred many well-known television actors, including Robert Hardy, Michael Williams, Margaretta Scott, John Woodvine, James Laurenson, Angela Thorne, Brian Wilde, Robin Ellis and Peter Egan.