Editing Babington Plot (section)

==Dramatic adaptations==
Episode four of the 1971 television miniseries ''[[Elizabeth R]]'' (titled "Horrible Conspiracies") is devoted to the Babington Plot. It is also depicted in the miniseries [[Elizabeth I (2005 TV series)|''Elizabeth I'']] (2005) and the films ''[[Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]'' (1971), ''[[Elizabeth: The Golden Age]]'' (2007) and [[Mary Queen of Scots (2018 film)|''Mary Queen of Scots'']] (2018).

A 45-minute drama entitled ''The Babington Plot'', written by Michael Butt and directed by [[Sasha Yevtushenko]], was broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] on 2 December 2008 as part of the ''[[Afternoon Drama]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fq1br|title=Michael Butt – The Babington Plot|publisher=BBC|access-date=26 June 2018|archive-date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909195703/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fq1br|url-status=live}}</ref> This drama took the form of a documentary on the first anniversary of the executions, with the story being told from the perspectives of Thomas Salisbury, Robert Poley, Gilbert Gifford and others who, while not conspirators, are in some way connected with the events, all of whom are interviewed by the Presenter (played by [[Stephen Greif]]). The cast also included [[Samuel Barnett (actor)|Samuel Barnett]] as [[Thomas Salisbury]], [[Burn Gorman]] as [[Robert Poley]], Jonathan Taffler as [[Thomas Phelippes]] and Inam Mirza as [[Gilbert Gifford]].

Episode one of the 2017 BBC miniseries ''Elizabeth I's Secret Agents''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09c6q1w |title=Elizabeth I's Secret Agents |publisher=BBC|access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref> (broadcast in the U.S. on [[PBS]] in 2018 as ''Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/show/queen-elizabeths-secret-agents/ |title=Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents |publisher=PBS |access-date=16 May 2020 |archive-date=8 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808210034/https://www.pbs.org/show/queen-elizabeths-secret-agents/ |url-status=live }}</ref>) deals in part with the Babington plot.