The Queen (British TV serial)

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The Queen
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Written byColin Swash
Edmund Coulthard
Patrick Reams
Directed byEdmund Coulthard
Patrick Reams
StarringEmilia Fox
Samantha Bond
Susan Jameson
Barbara Flynn
Diana Quick
Katie McGrath
Theme music composerMiguel d'Oliveira
Country of originUnited Kingdom
No. of episodes5
Production
ProducerMarion Milne
Release
Original networkChannel 4
Original release28 November (2009-11-28) –
3 December 2009 (2009-12-03)

The Queen is 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 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]

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[]

  • Steven Mackintosh as the Narrator

Episode 1[]

  • Emilia Fox as Queen 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[]

  • Samantha Bond as Queen 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[]

  • Susan Jameson as Queen 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[]

  • Barbara Flynn as Queen Elizabeth II
  • Paul Rhys as Prince Charles
  • Dominic Jephcott as Robert Fellowes
  • Ian Shaw as Richard Aylard
  • Emily Hamilton as Princess Diana
  • 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[]

  • Diana Quick as Queen 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

Production[]

The series was shot in Southern England. Locations used in the filming included Stourhead House, Longleat, Neston Park, Grittleton House, Knebworth House and the Orchardleigh Estate.[3]

Episodes[]

No.[4] Title Role of the Queen[4] Story[4] Air date
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[]

  1. ^ Docu-drama The Queen on Channel 4 ITN Source. 5 November 2009
  2. ^ Five actors to play the Queen in 'pivotal' Channel 4 drama The Guardian. 27 January 2009
  3. ^ The Making of The Queen Channel 4. Retrieved on 17 June 2011
  4. ^ a b c "The Queen". Channel Four Television Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.

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