7.8/109 votes#1 - Queen in Waiting
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/6/2018
The first instalment charts her birth in April 1926, which protocol dictated had to be attended by the Home Secretary, and her childhood years, which included her first meeting with the then 18-year-old Prince Philip of Greece. The episode ends in 1952, where on a tour of Kenya, the Queen received news of her father, George VI's early death
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- 7.7/1010 votes
#2 - Pomp and Circumstance
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/13/2018
First-person testimony from royal friends and eye-witnesses, and archive footage tells the story of the Queen's first decade on the throne. As she learned the ropes of monarchy, Elizabeth faced many tough decisions, including how to modernise the British Empire, manage a critically ill prime minister, and balance her royal duties with her family
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- 7.8/105 votes
#3 - Modernising the Monarchy
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/20/2018
A look at Elizabeth II's life in the 1950s and 1960s, how she tried to make the monarchy more accessible, and the lesson she learned from the 1966 Aberfan disaster. William Heseltine also reveals how, as her Press Secretary, he tried to make the Queen more approachable to the media.
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- NaN/100 votes
#4 - The Crown Under Attack
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/27/2018
Using testimony from royal friends and eye-witnesses and archive footage, this episode reaches the 1970s and explores how the Queen faced both a hostile nation and scandal within her family, which threatened the popularity of the monarchy itself.
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- NaN/100 votes
#5 - Strong and Steady
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/6/2018
Through the 1970s and 1980s, Elizabeth was thrilled to see her sons married, but also faced a strained relationship with her first female Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. Though the women worked hard to present a united front, they were dogged by press rumours of trouble between them.
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- NaN/100 votes
#6 - The Crown in Crisis
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/13/2018
Examining the monarch's troubled 1990s years, including 1992, which saw the collapse of three of her children's marriages, and the fire which destroyed much of Windsor Castle. Plus, how the 1997 death of Diana, Princess of Wales presented the Queen with the gravest challenge of her reign.
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- NaN/100 votes
#7 - Reinventing the Royals
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/20/2018
A look at Elizabeth II's life since 2000, an era when she lost her sister and mother, but also enjoyed happier times, including her Golden Jubilee, and the wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles.
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- NaN/100 votes
#8 - Happy and Glorious
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/27/2018
A look at Elizabeth II's life since the start of the decade, including her historic state visit to the Republic of Ireland in 2011, and the celebrations for her Diamond Jubilee year in 2012.
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The Best Episodes of Elizabeth: Our Queen Season 1
Every episode of Elizabeth: Our Queen Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Elizabeth: Our Queen Season 1!
This eight-part series interviews the Queen's Prime Ministers, members of the Royal Household and closest friends, to build a uniquely personal picture of Elizabeth, the...
Genre:Documentary
Network:Channel 5
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Queen in Waiting" is the best rated episode of "Elizabeth: Our Queen" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/6/2018. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Pomp and Circumstance".