Henry IV. Part 1

Synopsis

Television version of the play directed by Richard Eyre. Jeremy Irons is Henry IV and Simon Russell Beale is Falstaff.

Series

Hollow Crown, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

7 Jul 2012 at 22:00 (Channel: BBC2)

Duration

115 mins

Credits

Director

Richard Eyre

Producer

Rupert Ryle-Hodges

Cinematographer

Ben Smithard

Writer

William Shakespeare

Music

Stephen Warbeck

Production Design

Donal Woods

Costume

Annie Symons

Adaptor for Television

Richard Eyre

Cast

Jeremy Irons	King Henry IV
Tom Hiddleston	Prince Henry (Hal)
Simon Russell Beale	Sir John Falstaff
Joe Armstrong	Henry Percy (Hotspur)
Julie Walters	Mistress Quickly
Alex Chatworthy	Lady Mortimer
Alun Armstrong	Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland
Conrad Asquith	Sir John Bracy
David Dawson	Poins
Dominic Rowan	Sir John Coleville
Harry Lloyd	Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March
Henry Faber	Lord John of Lancaster
Ian Conningham	Peto
James Laurenson	Earl of Westmoreland
Jim Bywater	Hotspur’s servant (Servant)
John Ashton	Sheriff
John Heffernan	Francis, a Drawer
Jolyon Coy	Sir Walter Blunt
Mark Tandy	Sir Richard Vernon
Maxine Peake	Doll Tearsheet
Michelle Dockery	Lady Percy
Robert Pugh	Owen Glendower
Stephen McCole	Archibald, Earl of Douglas
Tom Georgeson	Bardolph

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

Medieval

Plays

Henry IV Part 1

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

Hollow Crown, The

Simon Russell Beale in Conversation

Notes

Notes

Contained within a 4-disc DVD set with the other plays transmitted in THE HOLLOW CROWN series. The DVD is titled THE HOLLOW CROWN.

General

Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II were filmed simultaneously from January to March 2012. The films were shot on location and at Ealing Studios in London, where the Boar’s Head Tavern set was created. Scenes at Henry IV’s court in the Palace of Westminster were filmed at Gloucester Cathedral. Caerphilly Castle in Wales was used both for the scenes set at Warkworth Castle and for the meeting with Glendower. The Battle of Shrewsbury was filmed in a field near Rickmansworth during a winter snowfall.

History

The play was transmitted one hour later than billed in Radio Times as Wimbledon overran. It was repeated on BBC4 Sunday 8th 21.00:22.55 replacing the billed film ‘Amadeus’.

Production Company

Name

NBC Universal Television

Name

Neal Street Productions

Name

WNET

Archive

Name

BFI National Archive

Web

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Phone

020 7255 1444

Fax

020 7436 0165

Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN

Name

Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service

Email

services@bufvc.ac.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7393 1514

Fax

020 7393 1555

Address

For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ

Distributor (Sale)

Name

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