About The Queen
- Released on November 29, 2009
The Queen was a 2009 British drama-documentary showing Queen Elizabeth II at different points during her life. Broadcast on Channel 4 over five consecutive nights from 29 November 2009, the Queen was portrayed by a different actress in each episode. The Queen was portrayed by Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson, Barbara Flynn and Diana Quick. Katie McGrath played Princess Margaret in the first episode and Lesley Manville played Margaret Thatcher in the third episode. The series was co-funded by the American Broadcasting Company, the network which aired the series in the US.
This reunited Emilia Fox and Katie McGrath who had played sisters in BBC One's Merlin.
Full Cast of The Queen
Samantha Bond plays The Queen (5 episodes)
Emilia Fox plays Queen Elizabeth II (5 episodes)
Katie McGrath plays Princess Margaret (5 episodes)
Barbara Flynn plays The Queen (5 episodes)
Diana Quick plays The Queen (5 episodes)
Lesley Manville plays Margaret Thatcher (5 episodes)
Susan Jameson plays The Queen (5 episodes)
Simon Williams
Tristan Sturrock
Philip Jackson plays Harold Wilson (5 episodes)
Lloyd McGuire
Abby Ford
Craig Heaney
Graham O'Mara
Ryan Quish
Peter Davison
Doreen Mantle
Michael Maloney
Clive Francis
Paul Rhys
Emily Hamilton
Joanna Van Gyseghem
Dominic Jephcott
Martin Turner
Hugh Simon
June Bailey
Lucy Chalkley
Steven Mackintosh plays Narrator (5 episodes)
Nicholas Le Prevost plays Prince Philip (1 episode) , Prince Phillip (5 episodes)
Crew of The Queen
- Samantha Bond
- Emilia Fox
- Katie McGrath
- Barbara Flynn
- Diana Quick
- Lesley Manville
- Susan Jameson
- Simon Williams
- Tristan Sturrock
- Philip Jackson
- Lloyd McGuire
- Robert Bathurst
- Abby Ford
- Craig Heaney
- Graham O'Mara
- Ryan Quish
- Peter Davison
- Doreen Mantle
- Paul Clayton
- Michael Maloney
- Clive Francis
- Paul Rhys
- Emily Hamilton
- Joanna Van Gyseghem
- Dominic Jephcott
- Martin Turner
- Hugh Simon
- Kenneth Colley
- June Bailey
- Lucy Chalkley
- Steven Mackintosh
- Nicholas Le Prevost