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  John Shrapnel

  Earl of Sussex (3 episodes, 1971)
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  Glenda Jackson

  Queen Elizabeth I (6 episodes, 1971)
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  Gordon Gostelow

  Duke of Medina Sidonia (1 episode, 1971)
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  Jack May

  Queen Elizabeth I (6 episodes, 1971)
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  Esmond Knight

  Bishop de Quadra (1 episode, 1971)
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  Paul Hardwick

  Father Robert Parsons (1 episode, 1971)
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  Nicholas Selby

  Sir Walter Raleigh (1 episode, 1971)
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  Patrick O'Connell

  O'Neill (1 episode, 1971)

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  David Parfitt

  Philip's Son (1 episode, 1971)
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  Kevin Brennan

  Bridges (1 episode, 1971)
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  Robert Hardy

  Robert Dudley (Earl of Leicester) (3 episodes, 1971)
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  Robin Ellis

  Robert Devereaux (Earl of Essex) (2 episodes, 1971)
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  Peter Egan

  Earl of Southampton (1 episode, 1971)
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  John Cairney

  Sir James Melville (1 episode, 1971)
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  Basil Dignam

  Archbishop Gardiner (1 episode, 1971)

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  John Nettleton

  Sir Francis Bacon (1 episode, 1971)
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  Rosalie Crutchley

  Catherine Parr (1 episode, 1971)
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  James Laurenson

  Simier (1 episode, 1971)
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  Rachel Kempson

  Kat Ashley (2 episodes, 1971)
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  Michael Culver

  John Tregannon (1 episode, 1971)
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  Kevin Flood

  Horseman to O'Neill (1 episode, 1971)
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  John Woodvine

  Sir Francis Drake (1 episode, 1971)
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  Julian Holloway

  de Noailles (1 episode, 1971)
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  Peter Jeffrey

  King Philip II of Spain (2 episodes, 1971)
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  Brian Wilde

  Richard Topcliffe (1 episode, 1971)
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  Bernard Hepton

  Archbishop Cranmer (1 episode, 1971)