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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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Patrick Stewart | ... |
John of Gaunt
(2 episodes, 2012)
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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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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) (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 (agency: short, dwarf & tall actors)
- 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 | The second season depicts the marriage of Margaret of Anjou to Henry VI. The historical Margaret was 15 years old at the time. Sophie Okonedo was 46 when she played the role. 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 » |