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.

• Steven Mackintosh as the Narrator

• 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

• Samantha Bond as 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

• Susan Jameson as Elizabeth II
• Lesley Manville as Margaret Thatcher
• Peter Davison as Denis Thatcher
• Roger Alborough as William Heseltine
• Clive Francis as Prince Philip
• Simon Shackleton as Nigel Wicks
• Michael Maloney as Michael Shea
• Paul Clayton as Bernard Ingham

• 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

• 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

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]

• The Queen on Channel 4
• The Queen at IMDb

v t e 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

v t e Edward Heath
Premiership	Heath ministry Accession to the European Communities European Communities Act 1972 Local Government Act 1972 1972 miners' strike Three-Day Week
Opposition leadership	Shadow cabinets First Second Declaration of Perth
Elections	Party elections 1965 1975 General elections 1966 1970 February 1974 October 1974
Constituencies	Bexley Sidcup Old Bexley and Sidcup
Cultural depictions	Heathco Newsletter (Private Eye parody) "Teach Yourself Heath" (Single, 1975) The Long Walk to Finchley (TV film, 2008) Margaret (TV film, 2009) The Queen (TV serial, 2009) The Iron Lady (Film, 2011) The Crown S3 E8: "Dangling Man" S3 E9: "Imbroglio"
Related articles	Arundells A Question of Europe 1987 University of Oxford Chancellor election Elm Guest House hoax Operation Midland Operation Whistle Father of the House Morning Cloud (yachts)

v t e 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	Public Bodies (Admission to Meetings) Act (1960) Circular 10/70 (1970) Shadow Cabinet "Britain Awake" (1976) Vote of no confidence in the Callaghan ministry (1979)
Ideology	Thatcherism Conservatism Free market Union democracy
Premiership	Ministers wets and dries Cold War 1st term 2nd–3rd term 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	1975 1989 1990
General elections	1979 1983 1987
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 (2024 film) Plays Handbagged (2010, 2013) The Audience (2013) Statues London Guildhall (1998) Palace of Westminster (2007) Grantham (2022)
Related	Blatcherism Death and funeral Honours Thatchergate
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