6. Sweet England's Pride (1971)
An elderly Queen Elizabeth instructs the Earl of Essex to quell the threat of an Irish uprising, but will she have to deal with a rebellion of her own?
Release date: 1971-03-24
User rating:
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Season number: 1
Episode number: 6
Runtime: 85 minutes
Director: Roderick Graham
Writer: Ian Rodger
Guest stars
Clifford Rose
as Egerton
Angela Thorne
as Lettice Knollys
Derek Martin
as Horseman to Cecil
Robin Ellis
as Robert Devereaux
Patrick O'Connell
as O'Neill
Ronald Hines
as William Cecil
John Nettleton
as Sir Francis Bacon
Peter Egan
as Earl of Southampton
Peter Howell
as Lord Howard
Shirley Dixon
as Lady Rich
David Hargreaves
as Bolingbroke
Rest of guest stars - click here to expand
Hugh Dickson - Sir Robert Cecil, Nicholas Selby - Sir Walter Raleigh, Hayden Jones - Sir Christopher Blount, Sonia Fraser - Elizabeth Vernon, Judith South - Lady Essex, Kevin Flood - King Richard, Michael Beint - Gaoler, Peter Forest - Harper, Winefride Madigan - Irish Peasant