Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration: May 20
Guests: Dame Helen Mirren, Tom Cruise, Damian Lewis, Dame Joan Collins, Sir David Jason, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ant & Dec.
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More details are in for Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration, screening this Friday night across Seven / 7TWO.
Dame Helen Mirren, Tom Cruise, Damian Lewis and Omid Djalili lead an all-star cast, with hosts Philip Schofield and Julie Etchingham.
Other special guests include Adjoa Andoh, Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber, Ant & Dec, Dame Joan Collins, Sir Mo Farah, Dame Maureen Lipman, Sir David Jason, Alan Titchmarsh, Dame Kelly Holmes, Moira Stuart and Sir Trevor McDonald with special performances from Keala Settle, Gregory Porter and Katherine Jenkins.
Filmed in the private grounds of Windsor Castle, this celebratory show will feature 1300 performers and 500 horses across four acts, taking viewers on an epic journey through history, from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, culminating in an unmissable grand finale.
Dame Helen Mirren will take on the role of Queen Elizabeth I, whilst a cast of “Queen’s Players” will be introduced by a character called “The Herald” played by Omid Djalili. The Herald will whisk viewers through time linking the acts together, narrating and anchoring the stories and making light of some of the absurdities history presents us with.
Each act will reflect on key moments in history including Elizabeth I’s Tilbury Speech and James I and the Gunpowder Plot. The Commonwealth will also be celebrated as well as the four nations within the United Kingdom. All of this will be interspersed with a number of military and equestrian displays from around the world including Azerbaijan, India, Oman, France, Norway, Switzerland and Trinidad and Tobago.
Music will be provided by a 75-piece orchestra comprised of Tri-Service personnel and augmented with members of The National Symphony Orchestra with special performances from Keala Settle, Gregory Porter and Katherine Jenkins. The Musical Director will be the multi-award winning composer, Debbie Wiseman, while The Principal Director for Music will be Lieutenant Colonel Jason Burcham RM.
This momentous theatrical arena event is created by the team behind the BAFTA award-winning Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration.
8.30pm Friday on Seven (Sydney, Brisbane, Perth) and 7TWO (Melbourne / Adelaide).