A dramatic chronicle of the English Crown through 200 years of its history by the Elizabethan playwrights Shakespeare, Marlowe and their contemporaries, adapted in 26 parts by Martin Jenkins
Music by Christopher Whelen
The story is told by Richard Burton
In which Henry is murdered by a hunchback and Clarence is drowned
in a barrel of wine.
Directed by Gerry Jones
(Peggy Ashcroft and Norman Rodway are members of the Royal Shakespeare Company)
(Shakespeare and the Histories, R3, 9.30 pm)
