Overview
- Channel 4 has made The White Queen available to stream for free, a change that has sparked renewed media and viewer attention.
- The series was first broadcast in June 2013 and was produced for the BBC as a 10-part adaptation of Philippa Gregory's Cousins' War novels.
- Emma Frost adapted the novels for television and served as lead writer and executive producer, focusing the story on the women caught up in the York–Lancaster dynastic struggle.
- Rebecca Ferguson leads an ensemble cast that includes Max Irons, Amanda Hale, Faye Marsay, Aneurin Barnard, David Oakes, Janet McTeer, and Caroline Goodall.
- Critics and audiences have praised the show’s production, performances and political focus, noting past award nominations and likening it to other prestige historical dramas.