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Series Details & Credits
Starring:
James Frain, Janet McTeer, Amanda Hale, Faye Marsay, Rebecca Ferguson, Max Irons
Summary:
Based on Philippa Gregory's The Cousin's War series, the drama begins in 1464, during the War of the Roses, and follows the women caught up in the battle to be the rightful king of England.
Genre(s):
Drama
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Recent Episodes
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S1:E10. The Final Battle
Air Date: August 18, 2013
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S1:E9. The Princes in the Tower
Air Date: August 11, 2013
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S1:E8. Long Live the King
Air Date: August 4, 2013
Positive:
9
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
Aug 5, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Queen delivers the basic goods (intrigue, sex) , but the only vivid character is Margaret Beaufort, mom of the future Henry VII. She's played by Amanda Hale with startling neuritic fervor. [12 Aug 2013]
Aug 8, 2013
Aug 2, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Absurd but engrossing War of the Roses-era drama. [9 Aug 2013, p.73]
Aug 5, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Addressing these complexities [the women hav[ing] to be more creative in their scheming], however, and incorporating the other tentacles of Gregory’s history eventually begin to dilute the story’s central thrust (and there’s a lot of thrusting) toward the end of the eight episodes previewed out of the 10-part run.
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TV Guide Magazine
Aug 9, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Adapted from three overlapping page-turners by the prolific Philippa Gregory, this enjoyably propulsive high melodrama replays the classic Wars of the Roses family feud (York vs. Lancaster) from the perspective of the women who are both pawns and players in a violent, turbulent game of claiming and keeping the English throne.
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Aug 12, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Each of them [actresses Rebecca Ferguson, Faye Marsay and Amanda Hale] stabs backs and pops bodice buttons with the necessary élan while keeping a straight face at The White Queen’s putative moral, which is that arranged marriages are corrupt and evil, while those born of attempted rape, self-mutilation and suicide are sacred and empowering.
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Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: June 16, 2013
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S1:E10. The Final Battle
Air Date: August 18, 2013
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S1:E9. The Princes in the Tower
Air Date: August 11, 2013
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S1:E8. Long Live the King
Air Date: August 4, 2013
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S1:E7. Poison and Malmsey Wine
Air Date: July 28, 2013
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S1:E6. Love and Death
Air Date: July 21, 2013
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S1:E5. War at First Hand
Air Date: July 14, 2013
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S1:E4. The Bad Queen
Air Date: July 7, 2013
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S1:E3. The Storm
Air Date: June 30, 2013
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S1:E2. The Price of Power
Air Date: June 23, 2013
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S1:E1. In Love With the King
Air Date: June 16, 2013
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Season 1 Overview