The Virgin Queen explores the full sweep of Elizabeth's life: from her days of fear as a potential victim of her sister's terror; through her great love affair with Robert Dudley; into her years of triumph over the Armada; and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protégé, the Earl of Essex.

• Anne-Marie Duff
• Tom Hardy
• Ian Hart
• Dexter Fletcher
• Joanne Whalley
• Ben Daniels
• Kevin McKidd
• Emilia Fox