The Queen (British TV serial)

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The Queen
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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 (2009-11-28) – 3 December 2009 (2009-12-03)

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]

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 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 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 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 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

• 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

The 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

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. "The Queen". Channel Four Television Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.

External links

• The Queen on Channel 4
• The Queen at IMDb