by Rosemary Anne Sisson
[Starring] Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth I
with Esmond Knight, John Cairney and Vivian Pickles

"'Elizabeth R' in colour is even more impressive than its predecessor." (Sunday Times)
"It was history without tears and very addictive and successful into the bargain." (Daily Telegraph)
"...the standards of acting, the superb characterisations, the spaciousness of it all still remain as absorbing." (Daily Express)

(First shown on BBC2)