A dramatisation based on the exchange of letters between Mary Queen of Scots and her cousin Elizabeth I, detailing the hatred and obsession in their bitter rivalry. Expert historians examine and interpret the royals' motives for the animosity that lasted more than two decades, and which threatened to tear apart the reigning monarch and her kingdom.
Helen Bradbury
as Elizabeth I
Beth Cooke
as Mary, Queen of Scots
Adam Burton
as Thomas Randolph
Michael Jenn
as Lord Burghley
Jamie Laird
as Sir James Melville
Simon Cotton
as Lord Robert Dudley
Nicholas Agnew
as Anthony Babington
Bernard Hill
as Narrator
