BBC Shakespeare – Page 2 – The Tomcast 2020

Henry V (1979)

A young king goes to war and becomes a national hero.

Falstaff screws around and Prince Hal becomes a king in this continuation of Shakespeare’s version of history.

An irresponsible prince becomes a leader of men.

Henry VIII really wants a new wife.

A duke goes undercover to see if a puritanical man can reign in immorality in his city.

An assassination upends an entire country’s future.

Everything gets better if you take a trip to the forest.

A spoiled king sows his own destruction, setting up decades of strife in England.

The BBC filmed every one of Shakespeare’s plays over a seven year period. They started with some star-crossed lovers.