| THECROWN | Drama based on the Queen's reign (3,5) |
| PLATINUMPUDDING | Dish of lemon Swiss roll and amaretti trifle to celebrate the 70th year of the Queen's reign (8,7) |
| ELIZABETHAN | Characteristic of Virgin Queen's reign |
| PRINCESS | Chinese historical drama based on The Poisonous Daughter by Qin Jian, The - Weiyoung (8) |
| HOTWATER | What about stocking books on the queen's dangerous predicament |
| REGISTER | Man first seen on the queen's list (8) |
| SPRINGER | Dog seen to jump on the Queen (8) |
| RENEGUER | He goes back, being terribly green, to turn on the Queen (8) |
| EVERETT | Actor in the historical drama based on the novel The Name of the Rose, Rupert ------- (7) |
| INDIAN | - Summers ; set in the foothills of the Himalayas but filmed in Penang, a television drama based on the final days of the British Empire's colonial rule (6) |
| POWER | The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of _, new prequel drama based on the works of Tolkien (5) |
| VERSAILLES | BBC2 television drama based on the reign of the Sun King (10) |
| SOCIALNETWORK | The ___ 2010 biographical drama based on The Accidental Billionaires about the founding of Facebook: 2 wds. |
| FULL | 2023 TV drama based on the 1997 film of the same name, The _ Monty (4) |
| LITTLE | 1974-1983 US TV drama based on the writings of Laura Ingalls Wilder, _ House On The Prairie (6) |
| LOST | The _ Kingdom, drama based on the works of Bernard Cornwell (4) |
| GOLD | The ___, BBC drama based on the Brink's-Mat robbery (4) |
| BYME | 1986 film drama based on the Stephen King novella The Body (5,2,2) |
| STAND | 1986 film drama based on the Stephen King novella The Body (5,2,2) |
| ELIOT | Author of Murder in the Cathedral, a verse drama based on the assassination of Thomas Becket(5) |
