The sickly King Edward VI is persuaded to name his 16-year-old cousin Jane and her husband as his successors to avoid a Catholic coup. The newly-crowned queen faces a struggle to impose her will on the corrupt government, while the dead king's sister plans to seize power, leaving Jane's brief reign to end in her execution. Historical drama, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Cary Elwes, Patrick Stewart and Jane Lapotaire