Samantha Bond takes on the role of the Queen in this second episode. Britain came as close to becoming a republic in the early 1970s as it has ever done in modern times. The polls recorded the highest figures ever for those who were opposed to the monarchy. For the first time, the royal family was under pressure to be accountable to the people, in terms of how they lived their lives and spent their money.
Samantha Bond
The Queen
Emilia Fox
Queen Elizabeth II
Katie McGrath
Princess Margaret
Barbara Flynn
The Queen
Diana Quick
The Queen
Lesley Manville
Margaret Thatcher
Susan Jameson
The Queen
Simon Williams
Tristan Sturrock
Philip Jackson
Harold Wilson
Robert Bathurst
Craig Heaney
Nicholas Le Prevost
Prince Phillip
Peter Davison
Doreen Mantle
Paul Clayton
Michael Maloney
Clive Francis
Paul Rhys
Emily Hamilton
Joanna Van Gyseghem
Dominic Jephcott
Martin Turner
Hugh Simon
Kenneth Colley
Lucy Chalkley
Steven Mackintosh
Narrator