Queen Elizabeth I's spy master William Cecil discovers the queen's cousin, Mary Queen of Scots, is behind a plot to assassinate Elizabeth.
An ambitious aristocrat tries to oust Robert Cecil as Elizabeth's spymaster; at stake is control over the aging queen and the power to choose the next king of England.
King James I becomes England's new monarch; Elizabeth's former spymaster, Robert Cecil, exposes the most infamous terrorist threat in British history.
Julie Neubert
Queen Elizabeth I
Philip Rosch
William Cecil
Kevin James
Robert Cecil
James Daybell
Self
Robert Hutchinson