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The Lion's Cub

The fragile succession heralds dangerous times for the young Princess Elizabeth. Having narrowly avoided implication in Sir Thomas Seymour's attempted abduction of her sickly half-brother, the boy King Edward VI; she becomes an unintentional figurehead for a Protestant rebellion led by Thomas Wyatt the Younger when her half-sister Mary I of England, a devout Catholic, succeeds to the throne. Will Elizabeth survive her emotionally unstable half-sister's reign?

English
  • Originally Aired February 17, 1971
  • Runtime 90 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
  • Created May 17, 2011 by
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Name Type Role
John Hale Writer
Claude Whatham Director