Plot Synopsis

Created and executive produced by Anya Reiss, BECOMING ELIZABETH is a one-hour drama series that focuses on the early life of England's most iconic Queen. Long before she ascended the throne, young Elizabeth Tudor was an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court. The death of King Henry VIII sets into motion a dangerous scramble for power. His surviving children find themselves pawns in a game between the great families of England and the powers of Europe who vie for control of the country. The world of BECOMING ELIZABETH is visceral, dangerous, and very bloody; a time in which every man or woman of the court is on the wheel of fortune, which may take them to a position of great power one moment, or the executioner's block the next. Judgements are rendered quickly, and no one is safe. In the season opener, "Keep Your Knife Bright," following the death of Henry VIII, his three children -- Mary, Elizabeth and Edward -- are now pawns in a dangerous game as the English court is plunged into a race for control of the new England they find themselves in.
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On Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 8pm ET/PT, Starz premiered "To Death We Must Stoop," the season finale of BECOMING ELIZABETH. The king is sick and the court that made an enemy of Catholics now faces the possibility of being ruled by one as Mary rides to Whitehall; Mary and Elizabeth are briefly reunited in their love for their sick brother.