Warrior Queen

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{{infobox television

| image = Warrior Queen.jpg

| genre = Historical/Drama

| runtime = 30 minutes

| creator = Martin Mellett

| starring = Sian Phillips
Nigel Hawthorne

| composer = Dominic Muldowney
Stuart Orme

| language = English

| num_series = 1

| director = Michael Custance
Neville Green

| producer = Ruth Boswell

| country = United Kingdom

| network = ITV

| first_aired = {{start date|1978|2|20|df=y}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1978|3|27|df=y}}

| num_episodes = 6

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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.{{cite news |last=Last |first=Richard |date=February 21, 1978 |title=Boadicea is given a ring of truth |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegraph-boadicea-is-given-a/162881089/ |work=The Daily Telegraph |access-date=January 12, 2025 |via=Newspapers.com}}

Cast

DVD release

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

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