Elizabeth I

Helen Mirren

Queen Elizabeth I

Jeremy Irons

Earl of Leicester

Hugh Dancy

Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex

Ben Pullen

Sir Walter Raleigh

Simon Woods

Gifford

Charlotte Asprey

Frances Walsingham

Diana Kent

Lady Essex

Geoffrey Streatfeild

Sir Anthony Babington

Martin Savage

Stubbs

Douglas Reith

Jude

Charles Pattinson

Executive Producer

Nigel Williams

Executive Producer

Suzan Harrison

Executive Producer

George Faber

Executive Producer