Synopsis
Drama based on Shakespeare's history play. Henry VI Part I. With Henry V dead and against the backdrop of wars in France, the English nobility quarrel.
Chronicle | The Making of a Saint: The Story of Joan of Arc
This programme uses extracts from contemporary manuscripts and literature to trace how the legend of Joan of Arc has been used by subsequent generations for own purposes. Joan of Arc, a village girl from the Vosges, was born about 1412, burnt as a heretic in 1431 and made a saint in 1920. Why did it take the Roman Catholic Church nearly 500 years to change its mind about her? What were her voices? Why do some believe she was not burnt at all? Why did she fascinate de Gaulle? Because of the detailed records kept at her trials, we know a great deal about Joan's life and personality, the very words she spoke and what her friends thought about her. But subsequent generations have ignored this information, created new images of her and turned her into one of the most potent myths of the 20th century.
The Wars of the Roses | 2: Margaret of Anjou
A BBC TV production of Shakespeare's late medieval histories first created for the stage by Peter Hall for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The play cycle was broadcast in eleven weekly parts. Episode 2 covers Henry VI, Part I, Act 4, Scene 2 onwards and the first half of Act 1, Scene 1 of 2 Henry VI, Part II.