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The queen you know. The girl you don’t.

Overview

The fascinating story of the early life of England’s most iconic Queen, Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to obtain the crown.

  1. Anya Reiss

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Alicia von Rittberg

    Elizabeth Tudor

  2. Cast 1

    Romola Garai

    Mary Tudor

  3. Cast 1

    Oliver Zetterström

    Edward VI

  4. Cast 1

    John Heffernan

    Duke of Somerset

  5. Cast 1

    Jamie Parker

    John Dudley

  6. Cast 1

    Leo Bill

    Henry Grey

  7. Cast 1

    Ekow Quartey

    Pedro

Last Season

Poster

Season 1

2022 | 8 episodes

season 1 of Becoming Elizabeth premiered on Jun 12, 2022.

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I'm not so sure that this ought not to have been called "Becoming Edward VI" as it's eight episodes really only focus on that turbulent period in English history following the death of his father, Henry VIII. The King (Oliver Zetterström) was barely nine years old when he acceded and with his Roman Catholic sister Mary (Romola Garai) on one side of his throne and Protestant Elizabeth (Alicia von Rittberg) on the other, he finds his realm governed by his maternal uncle, the Duke of Somerset (John Heffernan). Mary is largely excluded from the early part of the series as we focus on the relations...