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Series Cast Summary
Anton Lesser | ... |
Exeter
(4 episodes, 2012-2016)
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Simon Russell Beale | ... |
Falstaff
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Tom Georgeson | ... |
Bardolph
(3 episodes, 2012)
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John Mackay | ... |
Brakenbury
(3 episodes, 2016)
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Tom Hiddleston | ... |
Prince Hal
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(3 episodes, 2012)
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Sophie Okonedo | ... |
Margaret
(3 episodes, 2016)
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James Laurenson | ... |
Westmoreland
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Tom Sturridge | ... |
Henry VI
(3 episodes, 2016)
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Julie Walters | ... |
Mistress Quickly
(3 episodes, 2012)
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Alun Armstrong | ... |
Northumberland
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Will Attenborough | ... |
Gloucester
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Conrad Asquith | ... |
Bracy
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Benedict Cumberbatch | ... |
Richard
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(2 episodes, 2016)
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Ben Daniels | ... |
Buckingham
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Adrian Dunbar | ... |
Plantagenet
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Alan David | ... |
Bishop of Ely
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Ian Conningham | ... |
Peto
(2 episodes, 2012)
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James Fleet | ... |
Hastings
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Phoebe Fox | ... |
Anne
(2 episodes, 2016)
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David Dawson | ... |
Poins
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Drew Dillon | ... |
Drawer
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Michelle Dockery | ... |
Kate Percy
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Barney Harris | ... |
Ned
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Henry Faber | ... |
Lancaster
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Keeley Hawes | ... |
Queen Elizabeth
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Stuart McQuarrie | ... |
Vernon
(2 episodes, 2016)
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John Heffernan | ... |
Francis
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Ben Miles | ... |
Somerset
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Matthew Needham | ... |
Basset
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Jeremy Irons | ... |
Henry IV
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Lucy Robinson | ... |
Young Cecily
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Paul Ritter | ... |
Pistol
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Stanley Townsend | ... |
Warwick
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Maxine Peake | ... |
Doll Tearsheet
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Jo Stone-Fewings | ... |
Stanley
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Geoffrey Streatfeild | ... |
Edward IV
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Dominic Rowan | ... |
Coleville
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Jason Watkins | ... |
Suffolk
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Matthew Tennyson | ... |
Clarence
(2 episodes, 2012)
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Sam Troughton | ... |
George
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Samuel Valentine | ... |
Grey
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Al Weaver | ... |
Rivers
(2 episodes, 2016)
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Jamie Ballard | ... |
Grieving Son
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(2 episodes, 2016)
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David Bradley | ... |
Gardener
(1 episode, 2012)
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Edward Akrout | ... |
Louis, the Dauphin
(1 episode, 2012)
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Josef Altin | ... |
Murderer II
(1 episode, 2016)
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Tom Beard | ... |
Sir William Lucy
(1 episode, 2016)
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Simon Armstrong | ... |
Grieving Father
(1 episode, 2016)
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Joe Armstrong | ... |
Hotspur
(1 episode, 2012)
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Tom Brooke | ... |
Corporal Nym
(1 episode, 2012)
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Production Companies
- Neal Street Productions (co-production)
- NBC Universal Television (co-production)
- Thirteen / WNET (co-production)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Distributors
- Amazon Prime Video (2020) (Singapore) (video) (VOD)
- British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Television (2012) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- Channel Ginga (2016) (Japan) (tv)
- Hulu (2015) (Japan) (video) (internet)
- New KSM (Germany) (DVD) (and Blu-ray)
- OTE Cinema (2015) (Greece) (tv)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2013) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
- Double Negative (DNEG) (visual effects)
Other Companies
- Casting Collective (extras casting)
- Flying Pictures (aerial filming services provided by)
- Oh So Small Productions (short, dwarf & tall actors agency)
- Panavision London (camera equipment provided by)
- Ray Knight Casting (extras casting)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
New adaptations of Shakespeare's tetralogy of history plays comprising the "Henriad" for the BBC's 2012 Cultural Olympiad: King Richard II; King Henry IV: Part 1; King Henry IV: Part 2; King Henry V. The plays chronicle a continuous period in British history from the end of the fourteenth century to the aftermath of the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Together, the plays comprise a story with recurring themes of power struggles, redemption, family conflict, and betrayal. Written by PKemp |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | This series marks the second time the BBC has adapted Shakespeare's history plays from Richard II to Richard III. The first was An Age of Kings (1960). See more » |
Goofs | Exeter is played by the same actor through the series, but the Exeter in Henry V died more than 20 years before the Wars of the Roses. The Exeter during the Wars of the Roses was a different man entirely. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in 20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014). See more » |