Year of the Fat Knight

Henry IV Part I

Recounting the year when actor Antony Sher performed Shakespeare's Falstaff, despite never intending to undertake such an iconic role.

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  • Type: Factual, Plays
  • Channel: BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Duration: 01'09'06''
  • Broadcast date: 2015
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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Henry IV Part I | BBC Two | 1979

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