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Jared Morgan as Protestant Bishop Susy Kane as Lady in Waiting Tom Cox as Mortal Coil Bandmate Damian Lewis as Sir Richard Hawkins Jamie Demetriou as Sergio Justin Edwards as Sir Francis Drake Gareth Tunley as Guard Simon Farnaby as Earl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller Tom Meeten as Spanish Servant Stephen Greif as Spanish Advisor Mathew Baynton as William 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official Helen McCrory as Queen Elizabeth I Olesja Sidorovich as Lady in Waiting Kevin Hudson as Tavern Keeper (uncredited) Jim Howick as Christopher Marlowe / Gabriel Montoya / Cynical Jester / Palace Doorman / Mysterious Man / Even Grubbier Thief / Party Planner Grant Crookes as Courtier (uncredited) Laurence Rickard as Sir Francis Walsingham / Lope Lopez / Stand-Up Jester / Chatty Guard / Slightly Late Courtier / Ian / Hanging Criminal / Chicken Drumstick Ben Willbond as King Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards Rufus Jones as Sir Walter Raleigh Will Rastall as Mortal Coil Bandmate David Crow as Ramon Martha Howe-Douglas as Anne Hathaway / Molly / Spanish Courtier / Body Collector

David Freeman Editor Christine Langan Executive Producer Nadia Stacey Makeup Designer Laurie Rose Director of Photography Jo McLaren Stunt Coordinator Alice Dawson Producer Mark Milsome Camera Operator Andrew Hewitt Original Music Composer Compton Ross Executive Producer Natascha Wharton Executive Producer Ben Willbond Writer Ryan Stuart Stunts Phil Hunt Executive Producer Laurence Rickard Writer