The Queen
Total Seasons :1Total Episodes : 5
The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen was portrayed by a different actress in each episode. The Queen was portrayed by Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson, Barbara Flynn and Diana Quick. Katie McGrath played Princess Margaret in the fir...
Episodes(5)
1. Margaret
When, after the sudden death of her father, the Queen (played by Emilia Fox) was catapulted on to the throne in 1952, she had no inkling that the greatest scandal she was about to face would come from within her own household.
Air Date : 2009-11-29
2. Us and Them
Samantha Bond takes on the role of the Queen in this second episode. Britain came as close to becoming a republic in the early 1970s as it has ever done in modern times. The polls recorded the highest figures ever for those who were opposed to the monarchy. For the first time, the royal family was under pressure to be accountable to the people, in terms of how they lived their lives and spent their money.
Air Date : 2009-11-30
3. The Rivals
This episode lifts the lid on the hidden conflict between the Queen (played by Susan Jameson) and her first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher (played by Lesley Manville).
Air Date : 2009-12-01
4. The Enemy Within
Barbara Flynn takes on the role of the Queen as her Annus Horribilis of 1992 turns the spotlight on her role as Head of the Royal Family and reveals how she coped with a catalogue of scandals involving her family, which until then had been perceived as a model for the nation.
Air Date : 2009-12-02
5. How Do You Solve a Problem Like Camilla?
The final film shows the Queen (played by Diana Quick) confronting one last personal and constitutional challenge: Prince Charles' desire to marry Camilla Parker Bowles.
Air Date : 2009-12-03
Cast
Nicholas Le Prevost
(Prince Philip)
Samantha Bond
(The Queen)
Emilia Fox
(Queen Elizabeth II)
Katie McGrath
(Princess Margaret)
Barbara Flynn
(The Queen)
Diana Quick
(The Queen)
Lesley Manville
(Margaret Thatcher)
Susan Jameson
(The Queen)
Simon Williams
( - )
Tristan Sturrock
( - )
Philip Jackson
(Harold Wilson)
Lloyd McGuire
( - )
Robert Bathurst
( - )
Abby Ford
( - )
Craig Heaney
( - )
Graham O'Mara
( - )
Ryan Quish
( - )
Peter Davison
( - )
Doreen Mantle
( - )
Paul Clayton
( - )
Michael Maloney
( - )
Clive Francis
( - )
Paul Rhys
( - )
Emily Hamilton
( - )
Joanna Van Gyseghem
( - )
Dominic Jephcott
( - )
Martin Turner
( - )
Hugh Simon
( - )
Kenneth Colley
( - )
June Bailey
( - )
Lucy Chalkley
( - )
Steven Mackintosh
(Narrator)
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