Elizabeth
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
Drama, History
Channel Four Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films
Cate Blanchett as Elisabeth I, Geoffrey Rush as Sir Francis Walsingham, Christopher Eccleston as Duke of Norfolk, Joseph Fiennes as Robert Dudley, Richard Attenborough as Sir William Cecil, Fanny Ardant as Mary of Guise, Eric Cantona as Monsieur de Foix, Vincent Cassel as Duc d'Anjou, Kathy Burke as Queen Mary, Edward Hardwicke as Earl of Arundel, Emily Mortimer as Kat Ashley, John Gielgud as The Pope, James Frain as Alvaro de la Quadra, Kelly Macdonald as Isabel Knollys, Kenny Doughty as Sir Thomas Elyot, Daniel Craig as John Ballard, Alfie Allen as Arundel's Son, Jamie Foreman as Earl of Sussex