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A dramatisation based on the exchange of letters between Mary Queen of Scots and her cousin Elizabeth I, detailing the hatred and obsession in their bitter rivalry. Expert historians examine and interpret the royals' motives for the animosity that lasted more than two decades, and which threatened to tear apart the reigning monarch and her kingdom.
Renny Bartlett
Renny Bartlett

Elizabeth I

Mary, Queen of Scots

Thomas Randolph

Lord Burghley

Sir James Melville

Lord Robert Dudley

Anthony Babington

Narrator