Elizabeth I's Secret Agents

Elizabeth I's Secret Agents (2017)

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Elizabeth I's Secret Agents is a three-part series that uncovers the network of spymasters and secret agents that helped protect Queen Elizabeth I from assassination, terror and treason for over 40 years. This is the world's first secret service.

During a period when Britain was divided, unstable and violent, one of the world's first secret services was born. Run by William and Robert Cecil, this father and son team had the duty of protecting the Queen and the Country. This series asks leading historians to each study the period from a different key player's point of view, dissecting the minds and motivations of the protagonists, to reveal a covert spy network - and present a picture of the Elizabethan Court as it really was.

This series takes us through the biggest events of the period, from the entrapment and execution of Mary Queen of Scots to the death of Queen Elizabeth I, the capture and escape of Catholic fugitive John Gerard and the most infamous terrorist conspiracy in British history - the Gunpowder Plot.

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Scheduleevery Monday at 21:00 (60 min)

Last Episode

Episode 3
Season 1Episode 360 min

Episode 3

King James of Scotland travels south to take the throne at the invitation of Robert Cecil. Meanwhile, John Gerard, a Catholic priest who has dedicated his life to the destruction of the Protestant state that developed in Elizabeth's England has escaped and made contact with a splinter cell in the Catholic underground containing an extremist called Guy Fawkes who has a plan to blow up Parliament with the King inside.

Cecil hears about the Gunpowder Plot, but is unaware of when and how they will strike and his investigation is hampered, as he's also trying to manage King James who has a wildly ambitious idea of unifying Scotland and England in a new kingdom of Great Britain.

Nov 6, 2017

Recent Episodes

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E03Episode 3Nov 6, 2017
S01E02Episode 2Oct 30, 2017
S01E01Episode 1Oct 23, 2017
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Cast

Colin Tierney

Colin Tierney

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Characters

Narrator

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voiced by Colin Tierney
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Also known as

  • Queen Elizabeth's Secret Agents (United States)

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