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Classic Serial: Plantagenet: Series 3

Classic Serial: Plantagenet: Series 3: Episode 2: Henry VI - A Simple Man

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Plantagenet: Series 3

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Episode 2: Henry VI - A Simple Man

Henry VI - A Simple Man

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, Plantagenet: Series 3, Henry VI - A Simple Man

Henry VI takes the throne, proposing peace. But are the warlike English ready for peace?

Henry VI takes the throne, proposing peace in a time of war. But are the warlike English ready for peace? With Al Weaver.

by Mike Walker, inspired by Holinshed's Chronicles. The once-great England of Henry V is bankrupt and losing territory in France. The times call for a strong man who can unite the kingdom. Not the weak, idealistic Henry VI, pleading for peace and incapacitated by bouts of insanity. As the House of York grows in power, Queen Margaret is forced to take up arms to protect her royal line.

Henry VI... Al Weaver
Margaret...Aimee Ffion Edwards
York... Shaun Dooley
Cardinal Beaufort...Paul Moriarty
Warwick...Gerard McDermott
Somerset...Carl Prekopp
Edward of York...Simon Bubb
With Rikki Lawton, James Lailey and Christopher Webster
Directed by Jeremy Mortimer and Sasha Yevtushenko.

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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