The Queen DVD (2009) Samantha Bond, Milne (DIR) cert 12 2 discs Title: The Queen Leading Actor: Samantha Bond Region: Region 2 Duration: 300 mins Format: DVD / Normal Type: DVD No. of Discs: 2 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Spirit Entertainment UK Release Date: 07 Dec 2009 All five episodes of the Channel 4 docudrama portraying different key episodes in the life of Queen Elizabeth II over the 50-year period from 1955 to 2005. Events dramatised in the series include the alliance of the Queen's sister, Princess Margaret with divorced older man Peter Townsend in 1955, the kidnap attempt in 1974 on the Queen's daughter, Princess Anne, the tensions between the Crown and Thatcher's government in 1986 over sanctions against South Africa, the infamous 'annus horribilis' of 1992 that saw the breakdown of the marriages of two of the Queen's sons, Prince Charles and Prince Andrew, as well as a fire at Windsor Castle, and finally the marriage in 2005 of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker-Bowles. Please note this DVD is region 2 and will only work in the following regions Japan, Europe, South Africa, the Middle East (including Egypt) and Greenland, Unless you have a multi-regional DVD Player.