The Queen is a 2009 British docudrama showing Elizabeth II at various points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen is portrayed by a different actress in each episode. The series was co-funded by the American Broadcasting Company,[1] the network which aired the series in the US.[2]
The Queen | |
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Written by | Colin Swash Edmund Coulthard Patrick Reams |
Directed by | Edmund Coulthard Patrick Reams |
Starring | Emilia Fox Samantha Bond Susan Jameson Barbara Flynn Diana Quick Katie McGrath |
Theme music composer | Miguel d'Oliveira |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 5 |
Production | |
Producer | Marion Milne |
Original release | |
Network | Channel 4 |
Release | 28 November 3 December 2009 | –
This marked the first of two times Emilia Fox and Katie McGrath portrayed sisters: they would go on to appear as Morgause and Morgana in BBC One's Merlin.
Cast edit
- Steven Mackintosh as the Narrator
Episode 1 edit
- Emilia Fox as Elizabeth II
- Katie McGrath as Princess Margaret
- Tristan Sturrock as Peter Townsend
- Simon Williams as Alan "Tommy" Lascelles
- Robert Bathurst as Anthony Eden
Episode 2 edit
- Samantha Bond as Elizabeth II
- Philip Jackson as Harold Wilson
- Richard Derrington as Willie Hamilton
- Abby Ford as Princess Anne
- Graham O'Mara as Ian Ball
- Jonathan Hyde as Martin Charteris
- Nicholas Le Prevost as Prince Philip
- Lloyd McGuire as Edward Heath
- Ryan Quish as Mark Phillips
Episode 3 edit
- Susan Jameson as Elizabeth II
- Lesley Manville as Margaret Thatcher
- Peter Davison as Denis Thatcher
- Roger Alborough as William Heseltine
- Clive Francis as Prince Philip
- Simon Shackleton as Nigel Wicks
- Michael Maloney as Michael Shea
- Paul Clayton as Bernard Ingham
Episode 4 edit
- Barbara Flynn as Elizabeth II
- Paul Rhys as Prince Charles
- Dominic Jephcott as Robert Fellowes
- Ian Shaw as Richard Aylard
- Emily Hamilton as Diana Spencer
- Lucy Chalkley as Sarah Ferguson
- Doreen Mantle as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
- Kenneth Colley as Prince Philip
- Christian Wolf-La'Moy as William Bartholomew
Episode 5 edit
- Diana Quick as Elizabeth II
- Martin Turner as Prince Charles
- Joanna Van Gyseghem as Camilla Parker Bowles
- Anthony Smee as Robin Janvrin
- Rick Bacon as Mark Bolland
- Hugh Simon as Stephen Lamport
- June Bailey as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
- Robert Ashby as King Constantine II of Greece
- Davyd Harries as Clergyman
Production edit
The series was shot in Southern England. Locations used in the filming included Stourhead, Longleat, Neston Park, Grittleton House, Knebworth House and the Orchardleigh Estate.[3]
Episodes edit
No.[4] | Title | Role of the Queen[4] | Story[4] | Air date |
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1 | "Margaret" | Emilia Fox | Princess Margaret's romance with Peter Townsend | 29 November 2009 |
2 | "Us and Them" | Samantha Bond | Early 1970s civil unrest and attempted kidnapping of Anne, Princess Royal | 30 November 2009 |
3 | "The Rivals" | Susan Jameson | Apartheid (South Africa) boycott and 1986 Commonwealth Games | 1 December 2009 |
4 | "The Enemy Within" | Barbara Flynn | Annus horribilis of 1992 | 2 December 2009 |
5 | "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Camilla?" | Diana Quick | Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles | 3 December 2009 |
References edit
- ^ Docu-drama The Queen on Channel 4 ITN Source. 5 November 2009
- ^ Five actors to play the Queen in 'pivotal' Channel 4 drama The Guardian. 27 January 2009
- ^ The Making of The Queen Channel 4. Retrieved on 17 June 2011
- ^ a b c "The Queen". Channel Four Television Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.
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