The Queen (British TV serial)

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, the network which aired the series in the US.

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.