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, the network which aired the series in the US.
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.
Contents
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.