Warrior Queen (1978)

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 6 episodes

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British queen leads her people in an uprising against Roman rule. The series follows her attempts to keep peace and then wage war against the empire.

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What happens

Warrior Queen is a British television series made by Thames Television for ITV that was broadcast from 20 February to 27 March 1978. Set in Britain under Roman rule, this historical drama starred Siân Phillips in the title role as Boudica, queen of the Iceni and chronicled her efforts to maintain the peace for her people and fight the Romans. Nigel Hawthorne played the Roman procurator (financial administrator and tax collector) Catus Decianus. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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