The Queen
DVD cover
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
Release
Original network	Channel 4
Original release	28 November (2009-11-28) – 3 December 2009 (2009-12-03)

The Queen is 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 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.

Cast

Steven Mackintosh as the Narrator

Episode 1

Emilia Fox as Queen 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 Queen 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

Episode 4

Barbara Flynn as Queen 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 Queen 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 House, 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

External links

Elizabeth II

Queen (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 Prize
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

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) Royal New Zealand Journey (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–) 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 – 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 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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Anthony Eden

Anthony Eden
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

Edward Heath

Edward Heath
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

Margaret Thatcher

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

1st ministry (1979–1983)	Budget (1979) Budget (1980) "The lady's not for turning" (1980) Budget (1981) Gang of 25 Irish hunger strike (1981) Budget (1982) Falklands War (1982) "Rejoice" Diana Gould exchange "White flags over Port Stanley" Budget (1983)
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)
3rd ministry (1987–1990)	Budget (1988) Broadcasting restrictions (1988) "Sermon on the Mound" (1988) Bruges speech (1988) Budget (1989) Community Charge (1989–90) Poll tax riots Budget (1990) Gulf War (1990) "No. No. No." (1990) Resignation Honours (1990)

Party elections

General elections

Books

The Downing Street Years (1993 autobiography)
The Path to Power (1995 memoir)
Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World (2003)

Family

Sir Denis Thatcher (husband)
- baronetcy
Sir Mark Thatcher (son)
Carol Thatcher (daughter)
Alfred Roberts (father)
"We have become a grandmother" (1989)

Cultural depictions

Film and television	Anyone for Denis? (1982 TV play) Spitting Image (1984–1996 & 2020 TV series) The New Statesman (1987–1991 TV series) Thatcher: The Final Days (1991 film) The Falklands Play (2002 play) Jeffrey Archer: The Truth (2002 TV film) The Alan Clark Diaries (2004 TV series) Pinochet in Suburbia (2006 docudrama) The Long Walk to Finchley (2008 film) Margaret (2009 film) The Queen (2009 TV serial) The Iron Lady (2011 film) The Hunt for Tony Blair (2011 episode) In Search of La Che (2011 film) The Crown (2020 TV series) Reagan (2023 film)
Plays	Handbagged (2010, 2013) The Audience (2013)
Statues	London Guildhall (1998) Palace of Westminster (2007) Grantham (2022)

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021 (1921-06-10 – 2021-04-09)
Titles	Duke of Edinburgh Earl of Merioneth Baron Greenwich
Ancestry	House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg Battenberg Mountbatten
Family	Elizabeth II (wife) Charles III (son) Anne, Princess Royal (daughter) Prince Andrew, Duke of York (son) Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (son) Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (father) Princess Alice of Battenberg (mother) Margarita, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (sister) Theodora, Margravine of Baden (sister) Cecilie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine (sister) Sophie, Princess George William of Hanover (sister) Mountbatten-Windsor family
Events and roles	Wedding wedding cake The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Commonwealth Study Conference Prince Philip Designers Prize World Wildlife Fund Prince Philip Medal 2002 royal tour of Canada Lord High Admiral Death and funeral
Popular culture	Royal Family (1969 film) Spitting Image (1984–1996 TV series) Willi und die Windzors (1996 film) The Queen (2006 film) The Queen (2009 TV serial) The Crown (2016–present TV series) Philip: The Final Portrait (2021 book) The Prince (2021 TV series)
Miscellaneous	Prince Philip movement Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment Men, Machines and Sacred Cows HMS Magpie Personal standard