Editing Elizabeth R (section)

==Production==
''Elizabeth R'' was filmed at a variety of locations including [[Penshurst Place]] which doubled as the queen's castle grounds and [[Chiddingstone]] in [[Kent]], though all the interiors were recorded at the [[BBC Television Centre]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Kent Film Office|url=http://kentfilmoffice.co.uk/1971/08/elizabeth-r-1971/|title=Elizabeth R (1971)|date=1971-08-12}}</ref>

The first episode was broadcast on 17 February 1971, beginning on screen with the year [[1549]] as the setting, with [[Princess]] Elizabeth's difficult ascent to the throne of England nine years later.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/february/elizabeth-r History of the BBC at BBC.com]</ref> The final episode was shown on 24 March 1971, the 368th anniversary of the Queen's death on March 24, 1603. It was repeated almost immediately in response to audience demand.<ref name=guardian/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/february/elizabeth-r|title=Elizabeth R|website=BBC|access-date=25 February 2021}}</ref>

The series followed the successful ''[[The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970 TV series)|Six Wives of Henry VIII]]'' (1970), with several performers reprising their roles in ''Elizabeth R'' (all in the first episode) from the earlier series, notably [[John Ronane]] as [[Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley]], [[Bernard Hepton]] as [[Thomas Cranmer|Cranmer]], [[Basil Dignam]] as [[Stephen Gardiner|Bishop Gardiner]] and [[Rosalie Crutchley]] as [[Catherine Parr]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=1974-01-04|title=A repeat series of Elizabeth R'|pages=2|work=Beverley Times (WA: 1905–1977) |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202741050|access-date=2020-11-04}}</ref>

In February 1972, ''Elizabeth R'' first aired in the United States on ''[[Masterpiece Theatre]]'', then hosted by [[Alistair Cooke]] on [[PBS]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/the_middlebrow/2005/10/masterpiece_theatre.html |title=Masterpiece Theatre: Thirty-five years of unflinching refinement |author= Curtis, Bryan |website=slate.com |date=2005-10-20 |access-date=2018-12-07 }}</ref> In the summer of 1972, it was rebroadcast with commercials on the [[New York City]] independent station [[WWOR-TV|WOR-TV]] Channel 9.

[[Glenda Jackson]]'s performance in the title role won her two [[Emmy Award]]s—for Best Actress in a Drama Series and Best Actress in a Movie/TV Special (for the episode "Shadow in the Sun").<ref name="LAT">{{cite news|last=Mills |first=Nancy |title=Queenliest Member of Parliament|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=1995-06-24|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-24-ca-16657-story.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/glenda-jackson |title=Glenda Jackson |author=Television Academy |website=emmys.com |access-date=2018-12-07 }}</ref> The series itself won the Emmy for the Best Dramatic Series in 1972 (the first British TV series ever to win the American TV award, before ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' carried the award two years later). At around the same time, Jackson also played the part of Elizabeth in the film ''[[Mary, Queen of Scots (1971 film)|Mary, Queen of Scots]]'' (1971).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067402/ IMDb entry for ''Mary, Queen of Scots'']</ref>

Costume designer [[Elizabeth Waller]] won an Emmy for her designs;<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth R Masterpiece Theatre|url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/elizabeth-r-masterpiece-theatre|access-date=2020-11-04|website=Television Academy|language=en}}</ref> she recreated many of the historical Elizabeth's actual gowns, adapting them from a number of the Queen's official portraits. They later went on display at [[Hampton Court Palace]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/BBC-Annual/BBC-Year-Book-1972.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/BBC-Annual/BBC-Year-Book-1972.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=BBC Handbook 1972|publisher=BBC|year=1972|isbn=0-563-12141-6|location=London|pages=41}}</ref> ''Elizabeth R'' featured many well-known British actors, including [[Malcolm McFee]], [[Michael Williams (actor)|Michael Williams]], [[Margaretta Scott]], [[John Woodvine]], [[James Laurenson]], [[Angela Thorne]], [[Brian Wilde]], [[Robin Ellis]], [[Robert Hardy]] and [[Peter Egan]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cushman|first=Robert|title=Queens Counsel|journal=Harpers and Queen|volume=March 1971|pages=49|via=Proquest}}</ref>

The series was parodied in ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' in an [[absurdism|absurdist]] sketch where a Japanese film director, disguised unconvincingly as [[Luchino Visconti]], forces his cast to perform as Queen Elizabeth's court while sitting on motor-scooters and speaking [[Engrish]]. Therefore, the title was changed to "Erizabeth L". ''Elizabeth R'' was first released for [[DVD region code|DVD Region 1]] during 2001 by BBC Warner and then re-released by BBC Worldwide in 2011. In DVD Region 2, it was issued by [[2 Entertain]] in 2006.