May 23 (UPI) -- Showtime announced the premiere date of its Queen Elizabeth II documentary on Monday. Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) premieres Friday at 9 p.m. EDT on Showtime and will be available to stream.
The late Roger Michell directed Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) with archival footage from the queen's 70 years in the spotlight. The announcement says some of the footage appears for the first time in A Portrait in Part(s).
The documentary will encompass the queen's social, political and personal issues, Showtime says.
Michell died on Sept. 21. Showtime says Michel completed Elizabeth: A Portrait in Part(s) the day he died. Michell's previous documentary, Tea with Dames, filmed a get-together between actors Judi Dench, Eileen Atkins, Joan Plowright and Maggie Smith.