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Classic Serial: Plantagenet: Series 3

Classic Serial: Plantagenet: Series 3: Episode 1: Henry V - True Believers

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Henry V - True Believers

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Episode 1: Henry V - True Believers

Plantagenet: Series 3

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Plantagenet: Series 3, Henry V - True Believers

Young prince Hal will inherit an unstable throne.

4 Extra Debut. Young prince Hal will inherit an unstable throne. Defeating his rivals will bring peace, but at what cost?

by Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's Chronicles. Young prince Hal will inherit an unstable throne, and a kingdom riven with heresy and rebellion. Victory over the rebel Hotspur, and then the French, will bring peace to England and glory to the king - but at what cost to the man?

Hal ...Luke Treadaway
Catherine...Lydia Leonard
Thomas of Earlham...James Lailey
Sir John Oldcastle...Nicky Henson
Henry IV...Paul Moriarty
Badby...Simon Bubb
Bradmore...Carl Prekopp
With Rikki Lawton, Gerard McDermott and Christopher Webster
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko

Luke Treadaway, Al Weaver and Carl Prekopp take the roles of Henry the Fifth, Henry the Sixth and Richard the Third in the conclusion to Mike Walker's dramatic chronicle of the Plantagenets. From the greatest glory of the line in the reign of Henry the fifth, to the brutal infighting of the Wars of the Roses, the series charts the ultimate end of the first great dynasty of English kings.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Series of plays by Mike Walker chronicling the Plantagenet dynasty

Series of plays by Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's Chronicles, chronicling the Plantagenet dynasty

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