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Plantagenet

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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 3: John, by the Grace of God

Series 1

Episode 3

Episode 3: John, by the Grace of God

John, by the Grace of God

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Plantagenet, Series 1, John, by the Grace of God

Henry II's fourth son reveals a talent for making enemies.

Never expecting to succeed to the English throne, Henry II's fourth son reveals a talent for making enemies. Stars Neil Stuke. From February 2010.

The fourth son of Henry II never expected to succeed to the English throne. When he does, he reveals a talent for making enemies.

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 King Richard, Neil Stuke as King John, Stephen Hogan as William Marshall, Ryan Watson as Prince Arthur, Emerald O'Hanrahan as Queen Isabelle, John Biggins as King Philip, Raad Rawi as Saladin, Khalid Laith as El-Adel, Ewan Hooper as the Doctor, Joseph Cohen-Cole as Girard, Bruce Alexander as De Roche, Piers Wehnher as Fitzwalter, Rhys Jennings as Will Marshall and Bertie Gilbert as Prince Henry.

Director: Jeremy Mortimer

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2010.

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