I hope this makes it to American television (i.e., Masterpiece Theatre on PBS). I recall about three decades ago watching two great series': "The Six Wives of Henry VIII" with Keith Michel and a terrific line-up of other actors, followed by "Elizabeth R." starring Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth and Robert Hardy as Robert Dudley, with some of the same actors in the previous series playing the same people. Each series was divided into six episodes of about two hours each. That really got me hooked on the Masterpiece Theatre offerings.

After that, I'd have a hard time envisioning anyone but Glenda Jackson as Elizabeth, but I'm sure Helen Mirren is more than up to the job.

I shall keep my eyes on future PBS listings, and like the cat that ate the cheese and breathed into the mouse-hole, I shall wait with baited breath. . . .

Don Firth