- Title: Elizabeth
- Date: 25th May 2000
- Summary: After the Armada was defeated Elizabeth I ushered in a golden age in English society. With a flourishing of literature,an age of prosperity and a sense that England was at last a nation to be reckoned with in Europe,national pride was at an all-time high. Elizabeth was hailed as Gloriana: almost a goddess in the eyes of her subjects. Unfortunately the goddess was getting old.
- Description:Elizabeth,the virgin Queen,the most powerful woman in English history. She emerged as a young princess against a backdrop of civil unrest,political intrique,executions and coups. She ruled for 45 years and presided over a new kind of state. Her reign saw England emerge from the threat of European annexation to burst forth in a unique flowering of culture and became the world's leading sea power. The beginning of the end for the old regime,but the start of a new one - a second Elizabeth era. At its head were writers such as Shakespeare and Marlow,and poet soldiers such as Essex and Raleigh,men with new ideas and ferocious ambition. The ailing and conservative Queen is increasingly out of step,prone to political mistakes and without an heir.
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:United Film and Television Productions Ltd.
- Programme Episode:Episode 4
- Transmission Date:25/05/2000
- Rights:Worldwide
- Decade: 2000s