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Elizabeth I is an Emmy-, Peabody- and Golden Globe Award-winning television miniseries about Queen Elizabeth I of England, consisting of two 2-hour episodes produced by Channel 4 (in association with HBO) in 2005. It stars Helen Mirren, Jeremy Irons (in Part 1), and Hugh Dancy (in Parts 1 and 2). The series aired in two 120-minute parts.
   The series premiered in the United Kingdom on 29 September, 2005. It was first broadcast in the United States on HBO and in Canada on TMN, on April 22, 2006. It was broadcast in Hong Kong on ATV from April 7–28, 2006, on ABC Australia in two parts, on September 10 and 17, 2006, and TVNZ Television One in New Zealand on February 18 and 25, 2007.
   The series was filmed in Vilnius, Lithuania, where the sets were constructed inside a sports stadium. The church of the meeting between Elizabeth and James VI of Scotland is St. Anne's Church in Vilnius, built in 1500.
   As with Schiller's play Mary Stuart, a fictitious meeting between Elizabeth and Mary, Queen of Scots is created although they never met in real life.

Cast

Elizabeth I – Helen Mirren
Earl of Leicester – Jeremy Irons
Sir Francis Walsingham – Patrick Malahide
Robert Cecil – Toby Jones
Earl of Essex – Hugh Dancy
Mary, Queen of Scots – Barbara Flynn
Lord Burghley – Ian McDiarmid
Duke of Anjou – Jérémie Covillault
Dr Lopez - Toby Salaman
Frances Walsingham - Charlotte Asprey
James VI, King of Scots - Ewen Bremner
Sir Anthony Babington - Geoffrey Streatfield
Sir Francis Drake - David Delve
Don Bernardino de Mendoza - Martin Marquez
Lord Howard of Effingham - Rimantas Bagdzevicius
Francis Bacon - Will Keen
Earl of Southampton - Eddie Redmayne
Lady Essex - Diana Kent
Sir Walter Raleigh - Ben Pullen

Awards

58th Primetime Emmy Awards

Outstanding Miniseries: Suzan Harrison, George Faber, Charles Pattinson, Nigel Williams, Barney Reisz

Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries: Tom Hooper

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries: Helen Mirren

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries: Jeremy Irons

Outstanding Art Direction: Eve Stewart (production designer), Leon McCarthy (art director), Sarah Whittle (set decorator)

Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries: Doreen Jones (casting director)

Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries: Beverley Mills (editor)

Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries: Mike O'Neill (costume designer), Samantha Horn (assistant costume designer)

Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries: Fae Hammond (hairstyling designer), Sue Westwood (hairstylist)

64th Golden Globe Awards:

Best Television Mini-Series

Best Actress in a Mini-Series: Helen Mirren

Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series: Jeremy Irons

12th Screen Actors Guild Awards:

Outstanding Female Actor in a Mini-Series: Helen Mirren

Outstanding Male Actor in a Mini-Series: Jeremy Irons

Broadcast conflict

This series' broadcast forced the BBC to postpone the premiere broadcast of The Virgin Queen (also on Elizabeth I) until January/February 2006. The Virgin Queen was already ready at the time of the Channel 4 series' broadcast. Ewen Bremner appeared in both productions.

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