The Hollow Crown (BBC, Shakespeare)
 

As part of the BBC's "Shakespeare Unlocked" season, this June features the broadcast of "The Hollow Crown", adaptations of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of History Plays: Richard II, Henry IV parts 1 & 2, and Henry V.

BBC Two - The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown - Episode Guide

The Hollow Crown - Clips

The Hollow Crown - Trailer

Wikipedia - Richard II (the first of the four films to be shown)


The casts include...

Tom Hiddleston - Henry V

Jeremy Irons - Henry IV

Patrick Stewart - John of Gaunt

David Suchet - the Duke of York

David Morrissey - Northumberland

James Purefoy - Mowbray

...and various others.