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Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

20171 Season54m episodes8.0

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Runtime: 54m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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This three-part series uncovers the network of spymasters and secret agents that helped protect Queen Elizabeth I from assassination, terror and treason for over 40 years. During a period when Britain was divided, unstable and violent, one of the world’s first secret services was born. Run by William and Robert Cecil, this father and son team had the duty of protecting the Queen and the Country. This series asks leading historians to each study the period from a different key player’s point of view, dissecting the minds and motivations of the protagonists, to reveal a covert spy network - and present a picture of the Elizabethan Court as it really was. This series takes us through the biggest events of the period, from the entrapment and execution of Mary Queen of Scots to the death of Queen Elizabeth I, the capture and escape of Catholic fugitive John Gerard and the most infamous terrorist conspiracy in British history - the Gunpowder Plot.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 23, 2017
Network: BBC Two

Time to finish

3 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Kevin James

Robert Cecil

Philip Rosch

William Cecil

Colin Tierney

Himself - Narrator

Dominic Green

Himself - Historian

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Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

20171 Season54m episodes8.0

Documentary

TMDB8.0

Votes1

Your rating

Runtime: 54m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Where to watch

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Stream

Britbox Apple TV channel

BBC Select Apple Tv channel

Buy

Google Play Movies

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

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E1 · Airs Oct 23, 2017 · ★ 7.5
Episode 1
In this episode, we find England alone - a protestant nation in a largely Catholic Europe. Then, 12 years into Elizabeth's reign, the Pope declares her a heretic, which in the hearts of England's Catholics gives them permission to kill her. Queen Elizabeth looks to her spymaster William Cecil to stop the Catholic assassins getting through. Cecil establishes a huge espionage network - England's first secret service. His spies break Catholic conspiracies at home and abroad.
E2 · Airs Oct 30, 2017 · ★ 7.5
Episode 2
Robert Cecil is the son of Elizabeth I's original spymaster. He has been groomed since birth to inherit his father's network but when he finally steps into his father's shoes, the Queen's enemies are stronger than ever and Cecil must also watch his back. The Earl of Essex has established a rival network and is trying to oust Cecil as Elizabeth's spymaster.
E3 · Airs Nov 6, 2017 · ★ 6.0
Episode 3
King James of Scotland travels south to take the throne at the invitation of Robert Cecil. Meanwhile, John Gerard, a Catholic priest who has dedicated his life to the destruction of the Protestant state that developed in Elizabeth's England has escaped and made contact with a splinter cell in the Catholic underground containing an extremist called Guy Fawkes who has a plan to blow up Parliament with the King inside. Cecil hears about the gunpowder plot, but is unaware of when and how they will strike and his investigation is hampered, as he's also trying to manage King James who has a wildly ambitious idea of unifying Scotland and England in a new kingdom of Great Britain.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Oct 23, 2017
Network: BBC Two

Time to finish

3 hrs

3 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Kevin James

Robert Cecil

Philip Rosch

William Cecil

Colin Tierney

Himself - Narrator

Dominic Green

Himself - Historian

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