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Michael Butt - The Babington Plot

The doomed conspiracy of 1586 to assassinate Queen Elizabeth. Hear from those who lived to tell the tale. With Stephen Greif. From December 2008.

Documentary-style drama by Michael Butt that tells the story of the 1586 plot to assassinate Elizabeth I and return England to Catholic rule under Mary, Queen of Scots. The story is told from the perspective of several of the conspirators - some genuine, some government spies that had infiltrated the group.

Presenter ...... Stephen Greif
Robert Poley ...... Burn Gorman
Thomas Salisbury ...... Sam Barnett
Aloysius Skeres ...... Chris Pavlo
Thomas Phelippes ...... Jonathan Tafler
Robert Bull ...... Stephen Critchlow
Gilbert Gifford ...... Inam Mirza
Don Mendoza ...... Malcolm Tierney
Mistress Bellamy ...... Marlene Sidaway
Jane Tichbourne ...... Janice Acquah
Agnes Lauren ...... Jill Cardo
Shepherd ...... Dan Starkey
Casey ...... Paul Rider

Directed by Sasha Yevtushenko.

45 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 Jan 201921:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credit

ProducerSasha Yevtushenko

Broadcasts

  • Tue 2 Dec 200814:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 30 Nov 201014:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 18 Aug 201511:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 18 Aug 201521:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 4 Aug 201711:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 4 Aug 201721:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 16 Jan 201911:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Wed 16 Jan 201921:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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