Five leading British actresses play the Queen at pivotal times in her life, as this ground-breaking series examines Britain’s social history through key events in her reign. When, after the sudden death of her father, the Queen (Emilia Fox) was catapulted on to the throne in 1952, she had no inkling that the greatest scandal she was about to face would come from within her own household. Her sister Princess Margaret (Katie McGrath) had fallen in love with a divorced royal servant, Group Captain Peter Townsend (Tristan Sturrock), equerry to her late father, King George VI.

Sunday 29 November 2009
9:00pm