Elizabeth I: The Golden Era: Elizabeth I: Battle for the Throne
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm, Sunday, March 15 on 5 (5)
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Elizabeth I: Battle for the Throne
Docudrama starring Lily Cole as the young queen, featuring reconstructions of key moments in her life. Presented by historians Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones. The programme explores how an ambitious nobleman plotted to use her to seize the throne for himself, and how she faced execution at her sister's order before her coronation in 1558
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Lily Cole
(Actor)
.. Elizabeth I
Chris Holt
(Series producer)
Nicolas Kent
(Executive producer)
Susan Jones
(Executive producer)
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Did You Know..
Lily Cole
(Actor)
.. Elizabeth I
Born:
December 27, 1987
in
Torquay, Devon
Best Known For:
Her modelling work.
Early-life:
Lily Luahana Cole was born on December 27, 1987 in Torquay, Devon to artist and writer Patience Owen and fisherman and boat builder Chris Cole. She was raised in London by her mother. Lily was educated at Hallfield Primary School, the Sylvia Young Theatre School and St Marylebone School. She got A levels in English, politics and philosophy and ethics at Latymer Upper School. Lily studied for a history of art degree at King's College, Cambridge and graduated in 2011 with a double first.
Career:
Cole was signed to Storm Models in 2003 and went on to win Model of the Year at the 2004 British Fashion Awards. She has modelled for such designer brands as Chanel, DKNY, Jean Paul Gaultier, Alexander McQueen and Louis Vuitton. Cole made her acting debut in the comedy film St Trinian's (2007). Her first leading role was as Valentina in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009). Since then, she has appeared in such films as There Be Dragons (2011), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016). She also appeared in an episode of Doctor Who in 2011 and as Elizabeth I in a TV mini-series documentary about the queen in 2017.
Quote:
'I love modelling but also see it as a platform for the million other things I want to achieve and create in life.'
Trivia:
She set up the website impossible.com, which promotes requests for and offers gifts of assistance.
Chris Holt
(Series producer)
Nicolas Kent
(Executive producer)
Susan Jones
(Executive producer)
