Helen MirrenQueen Elizabeth I Jeremy IronsEarl of Leicester Hugh DancyRobert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex Ben PullenSir Walter Raleigh Charlotte AspreyFrances Walsingham Geoffrey StreatfeildSir Anthony Babington John McEneryJesuit Priest Eddie RedmayneSouthampton Erick DeshorsJean de Simier Barbara FlynnMary Queen of Scots Patrick MalahideSir Francis Walsingham Ewen BremnerKing James VI Ian McDiarmidLord Burghley Jérémie CovillaultDuke of Anjou Nigel WilliamsWriter / Executive Producer Suzan HarrisonExecutive Producer George FaberExecutive Producer Charles PattinsonExecutive Producer Eve WowchukProduction Design Sarah WhittleSet Decoration Leon McCarthyArt Direction Larry SmithDirector Of Photography Jan Hope-KavanaghMakeup Artist Mike O'NeillCostume Design Lee WalpoleSound Effects Editor Rob LaneOriginal Music Composer Ruth SullivanFoley Artist Nicola KinghamVisual Effects Producer David A.T. BowmanVisual Effects Supervisor 
