Vanessa Redgrave stars in the title role with the sharp-edged Glenda Jackson as her jealous cousin, Queen Elizabeth I.

Glenda Jackson stars as Elizabeth I and Vanessa Redgrave is the principled and doomed Mary Stuart in this superb Oscar-nominated British historical drama, widely regarded as one of the great ‘lost’ movies of the 1970s. A distinguished supporting cast includes Patrick McGoohan, Ian Holm, Nigel Davenport and Trevor Howard.

‘A splendid costume drama… wonderful stuff.’ – The Radio Times Guide to Films