Shekhar Kapur	...	(Director)
Michael Hirst	...	(Writer)
Liz Giles	...	Female Martyr
Rod Culbertson	...	Master Ridley
Paul Fox	...	Male Martyr
Terence Rigby	...	Bishop Gardiner
Christopher Eccleston	...	Duke of Norfolk
Peter Stockbridge	...	Palace Chamberlain
Amanda Ryan	...	Lettice Howard
Kathy Burke	...	Queen Mary Tudor
Valerie Gale	...	Mary's Dwarf
George Antoni	...	King Philip II of Spain (as George Yiasoumi)
James Frain	...	Alvaro de la Quadra
Jamie Foreman	...	Earl of Sussex
Edward Hardwicke	...	Earl of Arundel
Cate Blanchett	...	Elizabeth I
Emily Mortimer	...	Kat Ashley

Summary: This film details the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, as played by Cate Blanchett. The main focus is the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.