Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 280,714 playable programmes from the BBC

Children's Television: The Heir of Skipton: 1: The Wars of the Roses

on BBC Television

View in Radio Times

A true story of the fifteenth century in four episodes, by Phyllis Bentley.
Phyllis Bentley writes on page 39
(Michael Aldridge is appearing in 'Escapade' at the Strand Theatre, London; Alan Dobie in 'Henry VIII' at the Old Vic; Peter Sallis in 'Venice Preserv'd at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith)
(to 17.30)

Contributors

Writer:
Phyllis Bentley
Song composed by:
James Hartley
Fights Arranger:
Kenneth Gilbert
Settings:
Michael Yates
Producer:
Naomi Capon
Henry Clifford:
Jimmy Verner
Lady Clifford, his mother:
Rachel Gurney
Margery, his nurse:
Fanny Carby
Roger, Clifford's retainer:
Michael Aldridge
John Lord Clifford, Henry's father:
Richard Johnson
Prior of Bolton Abbey:
Oliver Burt
Thomas, steward of Skipton castle:
Peter Sallis
Old Angram, a shepherd:
Frank Atkinson
Will Angram, his son:
Patrick Troughton
Old Lord Clifford:
Shaun Sutton
Edward, Duke of York:
Robert Desmond
Earl of Rutland, his younger brother:
Alan Dobie
First Yorkist soldier:
Kenneth Gilbert
Second Yorkist soldier:
Peter Augustine
Musician:
John Gavall

BBC Television

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More