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The Virgin Queen Details

2005

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Starring	Anne-Marie Duff, Tom Hardy, Joanne Whalley, Ben Daniels
Director	Coky Giedroyc
Genres	Documentary, Drama, Television

The Virgin Queen

From teenage princess to accomplished queen, forever torn between duty and personal longing, the reign of Elizabeth I is exposed in lavish and spectacular style in The Virgin Queen. Anne-Marie Duff stars as the enigmatic 'Virgin Queen' in this spellbinding drama that portrays the full sweep of the long and eventful life of one of Britain's greatest monarchs, Elizabeth I. From her imprisonment as a teenage princess at the hands of her half sister Queen Mary (Joanne Whalley) to young queen, discovering the hard realities of ruling a country divided by faith and under threat from abroad, into her years of triumph over the Spanish Armada and finally her old age and her last, enigmatic relationship with her young protege, the Earl of Essex (Hans Matheson). Taking Elizabeth's great love affair with Robert Dudley (Tom Hardy) as its central theme, The Virgin Queen is both an intense love story and dramatic portrayal of a piece of history detailing all the key events of her reign and her personal struggle to balance her personal feelings with the rigors of the monarchy.

Starring	Anne-Marie Duff, Tom Hardy, Joanne Whalley, Ben Daniels, Dexter Fletcher, Sienna Guillory
Director	Coky Giedroyc
Studio	WARNER MUSIC
Run time	DVD: 4 hrs 15 mins
Certificate
Genres	Documentary, Drama, Television
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: 13 Feb 2006

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  Elizabethan drama, literally
  
  This miniseries was directed by Coky Giedroyc, a veteran of television productions in Britain, including another royal-themed miniseries, 'William and Mary... read more »
  
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  Amazing another top hit by Tom Hardy.
  
  I love this - mainly because of Tom Hardy . ... yes im afraid im on of those!
  
  But also - the make up and Anne Marie Duff was amazing! Her ageing ... read more »
  
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  Excellent, Anne Marie Duff & Tom Hardy make it gripping! Could have easily been a Movie. Fantastic story and music!
  
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  Love Story
  
  I mainly rented this film, as my wife is mad about actor Tom Hardy and finds him such a verstile actor. Well this film did not disappoint. Anne Marie Duff is ... read more »
  
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It was a dirty dozen years ago: I was working for Time Out magazine and a publicist wanted me to preview a low budget British gangster film made by a first-time filmmaker. This was at a time when low budget British gangster films were ten-a-penny – and almost all dreadful. There was no reason to think this one would by any better, it featured a few familiar faces, a handful of actors who had been kicking around for a couple of years (Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nicholas Rowe, Steven... Read more
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