Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents

BAFTA TV AWARD® nominee

Season 1

Discover the secret state that helped keep Queen Elizabeth I in power for over 40 years, and join leading historians as they examine the biggest events of Elizabeth's reign.

IMDb 7.620183 episodesALL

Documentary•Historical

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S1 E1 - Episode 1
January 28, 2018
54min
TV-PG
William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster, intercepts a conspiracy to assassinate the Queen. When he discovers that Elizabeth’s own cousin, Mary Queen of Scots is behind the plot, he lays a trap to capture and execute her.
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S1 E2 - Episode 2
February 4, 2018
54min
TV-PG
Elizabeth’s enemies grow in strength, but Robert Cecil, also fights an enemy within. An ambitious aristocrat is trying to take over his network. At stake is control over the aging Queen and the power to choose the next King of England.
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S1 E3 - Episode 3
February 11, 2018
54min
TV-PG
England has a new monarch, King James I, and Elizabeth’s former spymaster, Robert Cecil, faces his toughest test. A group of religious extremists’ plan to blow-up the Houses of Parliament with the King inside.
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