The BBC Television Shakespeare | Henry V
Henry V
A 1979 BBC production of Shakespeare's history play. This was broadcast as part of the 37-play BBC Television Shakespeare project and it was broadcast at the end of a four-week series covering the whole of Shakespeare's second history cycle.
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- Type: Plays
- Channel: BBC Two
- Duration: 2'43'00''
- Broadcast date: 1979
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
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- Shakespeare Archive Resource
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Shakespeare In Perspective | Henry V
Lord Chalfont offers a personal view of the play Henry V; he describes the epic military campaign on which the play is based and assesses Henry's qualities as a leader.
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