Warrior Queen

This article is about the UK television series. For the film, see Boudica (2003 film).

Warrior Queen is a British television series made by Thames Television for ITV that was broadcast from 20 February to 27 March 1978.

Warrior Queen
Genre	Historical/Drama
Created by	Martin Mellett
Directed by	Michael Custance Neville Green
Starring	Sian Phillips Nigel Hawthorne
Composers	Dominic Muldowney Stuart Orme
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Producer	Ruth Boswell
Running time	30 minutes
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	20 February (1978-02-20) – 27 March 1978 (1978-03-27)

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.^[1]

Cast

• Sian Phillips as Boudica
• Nigel Hawthorne as Caius Decianus
• Michael Gothard as Volthan
• Patti Love as Tasca
• Veronica Roberts as Camora
• Tony Haygarth as Moticcus
• Darien Angadi as Kuno

DVD release

The complete series of Warrior Queen is available on DVD in the UK.

References

1. Last, Richard (21 February 1978). "Boadicea is given a ring of truth". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 January 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Warrior Queen at IMDb