Editing Elizabeth R (section)

==Cast==
''Note: This list is incomplete.''
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* [[Glenda Jackson]] as [[Elizabeth I of England]]
* [[Robert Hardy]] as [[Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester]]
* [[Ronald Hines]] as Sir [[William Cecil, Lord Burghley]]
* [[Stephen Murray (actor)|Stephen Murray]] as Sir [[Francis Walsingham]]
* [[John Shrapnel]] as [[Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex]]
* [[Bernard Horsfall]] as Sir [[Christopher Hatton]]
* [[Robin Ellis]] as [[Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex|Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex]]
* Jason Kemp as [[Edward VI of England]]
* [[Daphne Slater]] as [[Mary I of England]]
* [[Vivian Pickles]] as [[Mary, Queen of Scots]]
* [[Hamilton Dyce]] as [[Amyas Paulet]]
* [[Rachel Kempson]] as [[Kat Ashley]]
* [[Peter Jeffrey]] as [[Philip II of Spain]]
* [[Margaretta Scott]] as [[Catherine de' Medici]]
* [[Michael Williams (actor)|Michael Williams]] as [[François, Duke of Anjou]] (and Alençon)
* [[James Laurenson]] as Jean de Simier
* [[Jill Balcon]] as Lady Cobham, Lady-in-Waiting
* [[David Collings]] as [[Anthony Babington]]
* [[Bernard Holley]] as [[Gilbert Gifford]]
* [[David Nettheim]] as [[Thomas Phelippes]]
* John Graham as [[William Davison (diplomat)|William Davison]]
* [[John Woodvine]] as Sir [[Francis Drake]]
* [[Peter Howell (actor)|Peter Howell]] as [[Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham]]
* [[John Nettleton (actor)|John Nettleton]] as Sir [[Francis Bacon]]
* [[Angela Thorne]] as [[Lettice Knollys]]
* Hugh Dickson as [[Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury]]
* [[Nicholas Selby]] as Sir [[Walter Raleigh]]
* [[Clifford Rose]] as [[Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley]]
* [[John Ronane]] as [[Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley]]
* [[Bernard Hepton]] as [[Archbishop Cranmer]]
* [[Basil Dignam]] as [[Stephen Gardiner|Bishop Gardiner]]
* [[John Ruddock]] as [[Archbishop Whitgift]]
* [[Rosalie Crutchley]] as [[Catherine Parr]]
* [[Brian Wilde]] as [[Richard Topcliffe]]
* David Garfield as [[John Ballard (Jesuit)|John Ballard]]
* [[Peter Egan]] as [[Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton]]
* Hayden Jones as [[Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy]]
* [[Patrick O'Connell (actor)|Patrick O'Connell]] as [[Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone]]
* Sonia Fraser as [[Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Southampton]]
* Shirley Dixon as [[Penelope Rich, Lady Rich]]
* Judith South as [[Frances Radclyffe, Countess of Sussex]]
* [[Raf De La Torre]] as [[John Dee]]
* [[Stanley Lebor]] as Sir [[Robert Tyrwhitt (courtier)|Robert Tyrwhitt]]
* Nicolette Bernard as Lady [[Elizabeth Tyrwhitt]]
* [[Kevin Brennan (actor)|Kevin Brennan]] as Bridges
* [[Julian Holloway]] as [[Antoine de Noailles]]
* Brendan Barry as [[Simon Renard]]
* Robert Garrett as [[Thomas Wyatt the Younger]]
* Alan Foss as Sir [[Henry Bedingfeld]]
* Philip Brack as [[John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland]]
* Ian Barritt as Fowler
* [[Blake Butler]] as [[Thomas Parry (Comptroller of the Household)|Thomas Parry]]
* Richard Parry as Guard
* Sarah Frampton as [[Lady Jane Grey]]
* Robert Barry as [[Lord Guildford Dudley]]
* [[Michael Culver]] as John Tregannon
* [[Esmond Knight]] as Bishop [[Álvaro de la Quadra]]
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