Brilliant- Another great BBC Drama as always!!!!!!!

I certainly think it's as good as - if not better than - Elizabeth R with Glenda Jackson in the 1970s. I thought Elizabeth R was good in its own way, given that they tended to film in studios rather than on location at that time, but - given what we're used to now - I think The Virgin Queen is a great 2005/2006 adaptation.

You wouldn't know a joke if it got up and gave you a haircut - Edmund Blackadder

I agree totally on what you say about "The Virgin Queen" Anne Marie Duff is a briiliant actor and portrayed Elizabeth excellently. She and the wonderfull Tom Hardy deserve awards for their roles.
Tom blew the whole film away. A rising star with outstandingly good looks ! I don't even usually comment on such things as looks,but he makes me go weak at the knees. BBC please make sure he gets loads more work, so that we can see him on our screens regularly.
The whole film was outstanding, the DVD I puchased is wearing out. Congratulations to all concerned.

I can't watch the last episode becuase it makes me cry so much, also when Robert dudley dies that is so upsetting... i feel like i just want it to carry on and noone dies. But that is imposssible but 'chance should be a fine thing'

This is by far the best movie or mini-series I have ever seen on the subject of Elizabeth. I'd go so far as to say its the best movie I've seen in tow or three years.

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I first watched this last week and I thought it was truly amazing. I became a fan of the Elizabeth era from the Cate Blanchette 2 films which I thought were amazing, a fan of BBC and ITV mini series/films which they make as they have high production quality and I'm a super fan of the very sexy Mr Tom Hardy. I would actually consider this better then the Cate Blanchette Elizabeth films due to the different side it takes to the Queen
This version was more of her personal life as queen with the love affiar/regret of Robert Dudley. I actually thought it was a little sad because I loved the scandal scenes between them both but when his character came to an end :O. I knew exactly what the last episode was going to be about, still great but without Hardys presence it kind of showed but it made most of it up with the regret/flashbacks from the queen of how she wants her old life again

Episode 1 - 7/10
Episode 2 - 9/10
Episode 3 - 9/10
Episode 4 - 8/10

Overall it's a very good mini series which I will place in my Tom Hardy Blu-ray/DVD collection of course :)