An Age of Kings | 6: Henry IV: Uneasy Lies the Head
Henry IV Part II
Part Six of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). This is the final part of Henry IV. Henry IV, despite failing health, has to organise a new campaign against the Northern rebels, and sends his younger son Prince John of Lancaster to negotiate with the rebels.
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Licence: ERA Licence required
- Type: Plays
- Channel: BBC TV
- Duration: 1'15'16''
- Broadcast date: 1960
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
An Age of Kings | 11: Henry VI: The Rabble from Kent
Part Eleven of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). This is the third part of Henry VI.
An Age of Kings | 5: Henry IV: The New Conspiracy
Part Five of a fifteen-part BBC series comprising Shakespeare’s history plays from Richard II to Richard III (the two tetralogies). This is the third part of Henry IV. The rebellion against Henry IV has been crushed, and their leader Hotspur has been killed. The rebels were weakened by the defection of the armies promised them by Northumberland and Glendower.