Characters played by Imogen Slaughter
Queen Elizabeth I
Characters played by David Starkey
Self - Presenter
Characters played by Saskia Backwell
Young Elizabeth
Characters played by Karen Archer
Older Elizabeth (episode 2)
Characters played by Anthony Babington
Self
Characters played by Alain Bourgoin
Duke of Anjou
Characters played by Alex Bulgo
Mary's Secretary
Priest
Characters played by Michelle Bunyan
Lady-in-waiting
Characters played by Steve Cawood
Soldier
Characters played by Sophie Clarke
Lady in Waiting
Characters played by Roddy Coleman
Self
Characters played by Ian Driver
Sir James Melville
The Player
Characters played by Robert Gascoyne-Cecil
Self
Characters played by John Gully
Duke of Norfolk
Characters played by Billy Hewett
Self
Characters played by Colin Higgins
William Cecil
Characters played by Abigail Hopkins
Catherine Parr
Characters played by Jonathan Jaynes
Tyrwhitt
Characters played by Lady Victoria Leatham
Self
Characters played by David McCready
Bishop
Characters played by Adam Meggido
Robert Cecil
Characters played by Paul Mohan
Phelippes
Characters played by Séana Montague
Mary Queen of Scots
Characters played by John Moses
Self
Characters played by James Olivier
Jean de Simier
Characters played by James Ollivier
Simier
Characters played by Wayne Opie
King James
Characters played by Miles Richardson
Thomas Seymour
Characters played by Simon Rose
Archbishop Whitgift
Characters played by Toby Sawyer
Robert Devereux
Characters played by Mark Shorto
Tyrwhitt's Assistant
Characters played by Ashley Temple
Servant
Characters played by Richard Trinder
Robert Dudley
Characters played by Will West
Servant
Characters played by Russell Wilcox
Edmund Campion
Characters played by Janis Winters
Kat Ashley