Elizabeth I: Season 1
  • Network: Channel 4
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 29, 2005
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
81 out of 100

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User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 16 Ratings

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  • Starring: Helen Mirren, Patrick Malahide, Jeremy Irons
  • Summary: Helen Mirren gives a sure-to-be-Emmy-nominated performance as the unmarried English ruler in this co-production of HBO and England's Channel 4 that is set during the later years of Elizabeth's reign.
  • Genre(s): Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    100
    "Elizabeth I" soars on every level from the writing, to the directing to the acting.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    80
    Mirren... hits a dazzling career high.
  3. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Maureen Ryan
    80
    Mirren, a true virtuoso at the height of her powers, is what makes this excellent two-part film worth watching, but there are many other pluses as well.
  4. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Storm
    60
    [It] would be an above-average Masterpiece [Theatre] installment.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 2 out of 11
  1. RandyM
    10
    Elizabeth I is an awe-inspiring, terrifying, work of brilliant art. Definitely one of the best shows you'll see on television this year. The acting is absolutely astounding (kudos to Helen Mirren) and the show keeps you mesmerized until the very end. Amazing.… Expand
  2. K8rpot8rFaith
    10
    I thought this movie imptomized what Elizabeth the I was all about....Oh and about the Music aspect...I am going to school for music and the music was exactly what you would have heard back then! I just wish I could have been a fly on the wall for this movie in the making!!… Expand
  3. chrisz
    10
    superb!
  4. KathrynH
    3
    Mirren is fab, but the writing is not up to HBO standards, and the music is bizarre, alternately incongruous and sappy. A bit disappointing that the focus was on Liz I, hottie, as opposed to Elizabeth Regina, world ruler.… Expand

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