Guest Stars Tony Curran as King James I Mark O'Halloran as Sir Francis Bacon Niamh Algar as Sandie Emily Fairn as Jenny Adrian Rawlins as Sir Edward Coke Jacob McCarthy as Kit Villiers Rina Mahoney as Laura Ashcattle Amelia Gething as Frances Coke Alice Grant as Susan Villiers Tom Victor as John Villiers Trine Dyrholm as Queen Anne Sean Gilder as Sir Thomas Compton Samuel Blenkin as Prince Charles Nicola Walker as Lady Hatton Pearl Chanda as Countess Somerset Lydia Fleming as Anne Turner Laurie Davidson as Robert Carr, Earl of Somerset Vlad Troncea as Scottish Gentleman Joshua James Hutchings as Scottish Gentleman David Boan as Scottish Gentleman Eoin Quinlan as Scottish Gentleman Ankur Bahl as Xander the Bookkeeper Jim Sturgeon as Dr Harvey Angus Wright as Sir David Graham Ryan Oliva as Wearstrap Declan Conlon as Richard the Market Trader