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ELIZABETH R: SWEET ENGLAND'S PRIDE {PART 6 OF 6} (TV)
Summary
The sixth and final episode of this historical drama based on the life of Elizabeth I of England. In this episode, the aging Elizabeth faces troubles as Essex fights with Raleigh and leads popular but expensive military expeditions. The Queen sends Essex as Lord Deputy to Ireland, where there is dissent and rebellion. Essex, Lord Deputy in Ireland, tries to take over London and for his disobedience, the Queen has him beheaded. The Councilmen prepare James, in Scotland, for succession to the English throne. Closes with the death of Elizabeth I.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: March 19, 1972 Sunday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:18:32
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T78:0042
- GENRE: Drama, historical
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, historical; Biography; Great Britain - History - Tudors, 1485-1603
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1972
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Roderick Graham … Producer, Director
- Ian Rodger … Writer
- David Munrow … Music by
- Geraldine Stephenson … Choreographer
- Glenda Jackson … Cast, Elizabeth I
- Robin Ellis … Cast, Essex
- Hugh Dickson … Cast, Cecil
- John Nettleton … Cast, Francis Bacon
- Nicholas Selby … Cast, Walter Raleigh
- Clifford Rose … Cast, Egerton
- Ronald Hines … Cast, Burghley
- Peter Egan … Cast, Southampton
- Haydn Jones … Cast, Blount
- Patrick O'Connell … Cast, Tyrone O'Neill
- Peter Howell … Cast, Lord Howard
- Sonia Fraser … Cast, Elizabeth Vernon
- Angela Thorne … Cast, Lady Leicester
- Shirley Dixon … Cast, Lady Rich
- Judith South … Cast, Lady Essex
- Kevin Flood … Cast, Horseman to O'Neill
- Wesley Murphy … Cast, Conn
- Harry Webster … Cast, Lord Mayor
- Philip Voss … Cast, King Richard
- David Hargreaves … Cast, Bolingbroke
- Michael Beint … Cast, Gaoler
- Peter Forest … Cast, Harper
- Winefride Madigan … Cast, Irish peasant
- Derek Martin … Cast, Horseman to Cecil