The Best Episodes of Elizabeth R Season 1

Queen Elizabeth finds her position increasingly threatened by Mary, Queen of Scots and her loyal supporters. Will Elizabeth have to execute Mary in order to remain Queen?

Director: Roderick Graham

Writer: Hugh Whitemore

Elizabeth meets an interesting suitor, the Duke of Anjou, much to the Puritans' disapproval. Now Elizabeth must decide whether to follow her head or her heart.

Director: Richard Martin

Writer: Julian Mitchell

With the threat of war against Spain suddenly imminent, Elizabeth must place her faith in the strength of the Navy, led by Sir Francis Drake.

Director: Donald McWhinnie

Writer: John Prebble

The unmarried young Queen is encouraged to find a suitable husband so that she can produce an heir, but she finds that very few suitors interest her.

Director: Herbert Wise

Writer: Rosemary Anne Sisson

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?

Director: Roderick Graham

Writer: Ian Rodger

A young Elizabeth lives in dangerous times, leading the Protestant rebellion against her Catholic half-sister Mary, and challenging her claim to the throne.

Director: Claude Whatham

Writer: John Hale