Mini series depicting the turbulent and bloody reigns of Scottish monarchs Mary, Queen of Scots and her son King James VI of Scotland who became King James I of England and foiled the Gunpowder Plot.
There’s plenty of blood-and-guts in writer Jimmy McGovern’s beautiful and brutal telling of the turbulent reigns of mother-and-son Scottish monarchs Mary, Queen of Scots and King James VI of Scotland, who would go on to become King James I of England. And there is plotting aplenty as the pair struggle to take control of England, shrewdly manipulating the sectarian divide between Catholics and Protestants. – Variety
Starring Vulpe Adrian, Carmen Ungureanu, Clémence Poésy, Tadeusz Pasternak, Maria Popistasu.
Note: The link here is for Region 2. Not for the sensitive: the “BBC is a master at staging costume dramas, but it is unlikely so much blood has been spilled in the good name of historical drama.” – Variety