BBC Two · Ended

The Hollow Crown

Drama, History · 2012 · Rated 8/10

Last aired: S2 E3, Richard III · 2016-05-21

The Hollow Crown brings together four filmed adaptations of Shakespeare's History Plays - Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 and 2, and Henry V. Starting in the year 1399, this continuous story of monarchy follows events during sixteen years of dynastic and political power play. Kings, with their families and followers, are threatened by rebellion and conflict. The story takes us from the Royal Court at Westminster to battlefields in England and France. These rich films are woven with the finest of Shakespeare's poetry and are filmed in the architecture and landscape of the period.

Cast

Anton Lesser Duke of Exeter

Rory Kinnear Henry Bolingbroke / King Henry IV

Jeremy Irons Henry Bolingbroke / King Henry IV

Simon Russell Beale Falstaff

Tom Hiddleston Prince Hal / Henry V

Tom Georgeson Bardolph

James Laurenson Westmorland

Julie Walters Mistress Quickly

Hugh Bonneville Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester

Iain Glen Warwick

Stanley Townsend Warwick

James Fleet Hastings

Sophie Okonedo Margaret

Tom Sturridge Henry VI

Richard Bremmer Abbot of Westminster

Paul Ritter Pistol

Alun Armstrong Northumberland

David Dawson Poins

Michelle Dockery Kate Percy

Michael Gambon Sir Edmund Mortimer

Harry Lloyd Sir Edmund Mortimer

Maxine Peake Doll Tearsheet

Adrian Dunbar Richard Plantagenet / Duke of York

Ben Miles Earl of Somerset

Season 2

Season 1 Season 2

E1 Henry VI Part 1 2016-05-07 · 120 min Against the backdrop of wars in France, the English nobility quarrel. News of the English defeat at Orleans reaches the duke of Gloucester and other nobles. After the funeral of Henry V, his son, the infant Henry VI, is proclaimed king.

E2 Henry VI Part 2 2016-05-14 · 120 min After the Battle of St Alban's, Plantagenet and the Yorkists ride to London to claim the throne. Henry negotiates to keep the crown for his lifetime but agrees to disinherit his son Prince Edward.

E3 Richard III 2016-05-21 · 120 min At Westminster, Richard speaks about his deformity, the evil plots he has laid, and the decadence at court.

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