In 1553, England’s first Queen, Mary I, takes the throne. The country is on the brink of chaos, and ambitious Cardinal Pole plots to secure control. He has overlooked, however, a humble court jester, Jane Foole. The pious, and apparently humorless, Queen Mary finds relief in Foole's brilliant slapstick routines and the two women strike up an unlikely friendship.
Karen Gillan
as Mary Tudor
Patsy Ferran
as Jane Foole
Jim Broadbent
as Cardinal Pole
Brenda Blethyn
as
