The Queen (British TV serial)

The Queen
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Written by	Colin Swash Edmund Coulthard Patrick Reams
Directed by	Edmund Coulthard Patrick Reams
Starring	Emilia Fox Samantha Bond Susan Jameson Barbara Flynn Diana Quick Katie McGrath
Theme music composer	Miguel d'Oliveira
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	5
Production
Producer	Marion Milne
Original release
Network	Channel 4
Release	28 November (2009-11-28) – 3 December 2009 (2009-12-03)

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,^[1] the network which aired the series in the US.^[2]

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.

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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

Episode 3

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.^[3]

Episodes

No.^[4]	Title	Role of the Queen^[4]	Story^[4]	Air date
1	"Margaret"	Emilia Fox	Princess Margaret's romance with Peter Townsend	29 November 2009
2	"Us and Them"	Samantha Bond	Early 1970s civil unrest and attempted kidnapping of Anne, Princess Royal	30 November 2009
3	"The Rivals"	Susan Jameson	Apartheid (South Africa) boycott and 1986 Commonwealth Games	1 December 2009
4	"The Enemy Within"	Barbara Flynn	Annus horribilis of 1992	2 December 2009
5	"How Do You Solve a Problem Like Camilla?"	Diana Quick	Wedding of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles	3 December 2009

References

^ Docu-drama The Queen on Channel 4 ITN Source. 5 November 2009
^ Five actors to play the Queen in 'pivotal' Channel 4 drama The Guardian. 27 January 2009
^ The Making of The Queen Channel 4. Retrieved on 17 June 2011
^ ^a ^b ^c "The Queen". Channel Four Television Corporation. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016.

External links

The Queen on Channel 4
The Queen at IMDb

Elizabeth II

Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms (1952–2022)

Realms

Titles and
honours

Family

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (husband)
Charles III (son)
Anne, Princess Royal (daughter)
Prince Andrew, Duke of York (son)
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (son)
George VI (father)
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (mother)
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (sister)
Mountbatten-Windsor family

Accession and
coronation

Reign

Jubilees

Silver Jubilee	Events Medal Honours Jubilee Gardens Jubilee line Jubilee Walkway
Ruby Jubilee	Queen's Anniversary Prizes
Golden Jubilee	Prom at the Palace Party at the Palace Medal Honours The Odyssey 2002 royal tour of Canada
Diamond Jubilee	Pageant Armed Forces Parade and Muster Thames Pageant Gloriana Spirit of Chartwell Concert Gibraltar Flotilla Medal Honours
Sapphire Jubilee	Sapphire Jubilee Snowflake Brooch
Platinum Jubilee	Medal Beacons Platinum Party at the Palace Pageant Platinum Jubilee Celebration: A Gallop Through History Trooping the Colour National Service of Thanksgiving Platinum Pudding The Queen's Green Canopy Platinum Jubilee Civic Honours The Bahamas Platinum Jubilee Sailing Regatta The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert Big Jubilee Read "Queenhood" Queen's Platinum Jubilee Gardens

Death

Commonwealth
tours

Ships used	HMS Vanguard (23) SS Gothic (1947) HMY Britannia

State visits

Outgoing	State visit to Spain State visit to Russia State visit to Ireland
Incoming	Pope Benedict XVI President Michael D. Higgins President Xi Jinping

Depictions

Televised addresses	Royal address to the nation Royal Christmas Message
Documentaries	Royal Journey (1951) A Queen Is Crowned (1953) <i>Royal New Zealand Journey</i> (1954) The Queen in Australia (1954) The Royal Tour of the Caribbean (1966) Royal Family (1969) Elizabeth R: A Year in the Life of the Queen (1992) Monarchy: The Royal Family at Work (2007) The Diamond Queen (2012) Elizabeth at 90: A Family Tribute (2016) The Coronation (2018) Elizabeth: A Portrait in Parts (2022) Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen (2022)
Film and television	Spitting Image (1984–96); (2020–21) A Question of Attribution (1992 TV) Willi und die Windzors (1996) Her Majesty (2001) The Queen (2006) South Park: The Snuke (2007) The Queen (2009 TV serial) Happy and Glorious (2012) A Royal Night Out (2015) Minions (2015) The Crown (2016–23) The Queen's Corgi (2019) 2020 Alternative Christmas message (2020) The Prince (2021)
Plays	A Question of Attribution (1988) The Audience (2013) Handbagged
Portraits	Conversation Piece at the Royal Lodge, Windsor Wattle Queen Pietro Annigoni's portraits Reigning Queens Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1992) Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – An 80th Birthday Portrait The Queen The Coronation Theatre: Portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II Beautiful Portrait, The Queen Queen Elizabeth II Algorithm Queen
Statues	Windsor Winnipeg Lagos Toronto York Minster
Books	The Queen and I The Little Princesses The Uncommon Reader Winnie-the-Pooh Meets the Queen Queen Camilla
Songs	"God Save the Queen" (Sex Pistols song) "Her Majesty"
Stamps	Machin series (list) Wilding series Castle series Canadian domestic rate stamp Country definitives

Animals

Corgis	Dookie Susan
Horses	Aureole Burmese Carrozza Dunfermline Estimate Height of Fashion Highclere Pall Mall Winston

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Premiership	Eden ministry 1955 general election Suez Crisis Operation Musketeer
Constituency	Warwick and Leamington
Family	Sir William Eden (father) Beatrice Beckett (1st wife) Clarissa Eden, nee Spencer-Churchill (2nd wife) Nicholas Eden, 2nd Earl of Avon (son)
Cultural depictions	Edward & Mrs. Simpson (TV, 1978) Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years (TV, 1981) The Queen (TV, 2009) Upstairs Downstairs (TV, 2010) The Audience (Play, 2013) Churchill's Secret (TV, 2016) The Crown (TV, 2016-2017) Darkest Hour (Film, 2017)
See also	Earl of Avon Eden baronets Anthony Eden hat Windlestone Hall

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Premiership	1970–1974
General elections	1966 1970 February 1974 October 1974
Party elections	1965 1975
Constituencies	Bexley Sidcup Old Bexley and Sidcup
Cultural depictions	The Long Walk to Finchley (TV, 2008) Margaret (TV, 2009) The Queen (TV, 2009) The Iron Lady (Film, 2011) The Crown (TV, 2019)
Related articles	Accession to the European Communities European Communities Act Local Government Act 1972 Arundells Conservative Government 1970–1974 Declaration of Perth 1987 University of Oxford Chancellor election Father of the House Operation Midland Operation Whistle Heathco Newsletter Teach Yourself Heath

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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979–1990)
Leader of the Conservative Party (1975–1990)
MP for Finchley (1959–1992)

Member of Parliament

Ideology

Premiership

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2nd ministry (1983–1987)	Budget (1984) Brighton hotel bombing (1984) GCHQ trade union ban (1984) CCSU case Miners' strike (1984–85) Budget (1985) Anglo-Irish Agreement (1985) Local Government Act (1985) rate-capping rebellion Westland affair (1986) Budget (1986) Budget (1987)
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