Elizabeth 1: War on Terror

The summer of 1586 was one of England's darkest periods.
Queen Elizabeth was living in fear of her life. A terrorist cell of Catholic extremists was planning to kill her and install Mary, Queen of Scots on her throne. Behind the terrorists was the might of Spain, whose forces were ready to invade if the plot succeeded.
But one man stood in their way. Sir Francis Walsingham was Elizabeth's spymaster and security chief. He would ultimately become recognised as one of history's greatest spies thanks to the extraordinary trap that he set for Mary, Queen of Scots.
Using a sophisticated network of double agents, informants and secret codes, he allowed Mary to believe that she was masterminding a plot to destroy Elizabeth.
In a gripping day-by-day account of the action, using dramatised scenes and location-based interviews with top historians, this documentary unfolds the remarkable events across eight weeks in 1586, when the threat to the Queen was at its height. (forgalmazó hivatalos szövege)