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The Virgin Queen
Starts on 91Èȱ¬ ONE on Sunday 22 January at 9.00pm
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Key British locations featured in The Virgin Queen
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 London's Middle Temple provided an inspiring Receiving Chamber for matters of state.
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Baddesley Clinton in Warwickshire provided a domestic backdrop for Robert Dudley's home.
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In the north east of England, where the shoot began, the production used six castles.
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The labyrinthine keep at Warkworth Castle served as the Tower of London, while the sand dunes south of Bamburgh Castle provided a bold backdrop for Elizabeth's famous Tilbury speech on the eve of the Armada.
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Chillingham Castle – a wonderfully bleak castle in the north east - was used for Fotheringay, scene of Mary Queen of Scots' incarceration.
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The exterior of Alnwick Castle - a castle familiar to millions from its appearance in the Harry Potter films - was used for a number of grim executions.
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Raby Castle was used for the central exterior view of Whitehall Palace, sitting on the foot of the Thames.
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Lord Leycester's Hospital – a network of Tudor buildings just off the main road in Warwick - stood in for the Strand and is a backdrop for Essex's Rebellion.
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Chastleton House – an exquisite country house in Oxfordshire - provided more Whitehall Rooms and garden exteriors.
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New College, Oxford University was used as Whitehall Cloisters, while the chapel, with its famous wall of saints, formed the setting for Elizabeth's coronation as Queen. Ìý
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