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Elizabeth I

As the Spanish Armada approaches, Elizabeth rallies her troops with a famous speech at Tilbury. However, even Elizabeth is powerless against the march of time. As she approaches 60 and her old allies and friends die, she succumbs to the flattery of the dashing Earl of Essex, but...

Series 1
For the first 25 years of her reign, Elizabeth never feels secure. Catholic plots abound at home and abroad, and there is the problem about what to do with Mary Queen of Scots. Meanwhile, her councillors want her to marry.
This episode charts her turbulent early years from age three when her mother was executed and she was declared illegitimate and banished from court, through the dangers she faced due to the machinations of Thomas Seymour and the hatred of her half-sister Mary, to the start of her reign.
Elizabeth's turbulent early years to the start of her reign.
The first 25 years, Mary Queen of Scots and Catholic plots.
The Spanish Armada. The rise and fall of the Earl of Essex.
This episode charts her turbulent early years from age three when her mother was executed and she was declared illegitimate and banished from court, through the dangers she faced due to the machinations of Thomas Seymour and the hatred of her half-sister Mary, to the start of her reign.
The Spanish Armada. The rise and fall of the Earl of Essex.
The first 25 years, Mary Queen of Scots and Catholic plots.
Elizabeth's turbulent early years to the start of her reign.
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