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,Docu-drama The Queen on Channel 4 ITN Source. 5 November 2009 the network which aired the series in the US.Five actors to play the Queen in 'pivotal' Channel 4 drama The Guardian. 27 January 2009
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.
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.The Making of The Queen Channel 4. Retrieved on 17 June 2011
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