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 | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| 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
editThe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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