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Plantagenet

Drama: Historical

Series of plays by Mike Walker about the early years of the Plantagenet dynasty

Series of plays by Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's Chronicles, about the early years of the Plantagenet dynasty

Plantagenet: Series 1

Plantagenet: Series 1: Episode 2: Lionheart

Series 1

Episode 2

Episode 2: Lionheart

Lionheart

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Plantagenet, Series 1, Lionheart

King Henry II refuses to acknowledge Prince Richard as heir, so he turns to the Crusades.

King Henry II refuses to acknowledge Prince Richard as heir apparent, so he turns to the Crusades. Stars David Warner. From February 2010.

Prince Richard has become heir apparent, but in the face of Henry II's refusal to acknowledge his position, he turns to the Crusades.

Mike Walker's trilogy - inspired by Holinshed's Chronicles, and the accounts of the lives of the Plantagenet Kings. 

Starring David Warner as King Henry II, Jane Lapotaire as Queen Eleanor, Ed Stoppard as Richard, Stephen Hogan as William Marshall, John Biggins as King Philip, Raad Rawi as Saladin, Khalid Laith as El-adel, Ewan Hooper as Baldwin, Neil Stuke as Prince John, Philip Fox as Hugh, Rhys Jennings as Robert of Champagne, Piers Wehner as Conrad, Bruce Alexander as the Master and Joseph Cohen-Cole as the Secretary.

Director: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

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