Plantagenet (radio plays)
Plantagenet is a three-series sequence of BBC Radio 4 radio plays by the British dramatist Mike Walker, broadcast in the Classic Serial strand, based on the account of the Plantagenet dynasty in Holinshed's Chronicles. Each series consisted of three weekly episodes, the first premiering from 14 February 2010, the second from 29 May 2011 and the third from 1 April 2012.
Episode list[]
Series 1[]
Henry II – What is A Man?[]
- King Henry II – David Warner
- Queen Eleanor – Jane Lapotaire
- Prince Richard –
- Prince Hal –
- Prince Geoffrey –
- William Marshall – Stephen Hogan
- Bertran de Bourne – Bruce Alexander
- King Louis – Philip Fox
- Courtier –
Richard I – Lionheart[]
- Queen Eleanor – Jane Lapotaire
- Richard – Ed Stoppard
- King Henry II – David Warner
- William Marshall – Stephen Hogan
- King Philip –
- Saladin –
- El-adel –
- Baldwin – Ewan Hooper
- Prince John, later King John – Neil Stuke
- Hugh – Philip Fox
- –
- Conrad –
John, by the Grace of God[]
- Queen Eleanor – Jane Lapotaire
- King Richard – Ed Stoppard
- King John – Neil Stuke
- William Marshall – Stephen Hogan
- Prince Arthur – Ryan Watson
- Queen Isabelle – Emerald O'Hanrahan
- King Philip – John Biggins
- Saladin – Raad Rawi
- El-Adel – Khalid Laith
- Doctor/Langton – Ewan Hooper
- Girard –
- De Roche – Bruce Alexander
- Fitzwalter – Piers Wehner
- Will Marshall – Rhys Jennings
- Prince Henry, later Henry III – Bertie Gilbert
Series 2[]
Edward I – Old Soldiers[]
- King Edward I – Philip Jackson
- Margaret, Edward's second wife – Ellie Kendrick
- Ned, later King Edward II – Sam Troughton
- Piers Gaveston –
- William Wallace –
- Roger Bigod – Jonathan Forbes
Edward II – The Greatest Traitor[]
- King Edward II – Sam Troughton
- Isabella, Edward's wife and Mortimer's lover – Hattie Morahan
- Roger Mortimer – Trystan Gravelle
- Prince Edward, later King Edward III –
- Hugh Despenser – Jonathan Forbes
Richard II – And All Our Dreams Will End in Death[]
- King Richard II, Edward III's grandson and heir – Patrick Kennedy
- Henry Bolingbroke – Blake Ritson
- Queen Ann –
- Gloucester – Peter Polycarpou
- John of Gaunt –
Series 3[]
Henry V – True Believers[]
- Hal, later King Henry V ...Luke Treadaway
- Katherine of France, Henry V's wife...Lydia Leonard
- Thomas of Earlham...
- Sir John Oldcastle...Nicky Henson
- King Henry IV...Paul Moriarty
- Badby...
- Bradmore...Carl Prekopp
Henry VI – A Simple Man[]
- King Henry VI...Al Weaver
- Margaret...Aimee-Ffion Edwards
- Richard, Duke of York... Shaun Dooley
- Cardinal Beaufort...Paul Moriarty
- Earl of Warwick...
- Duke of Somerset...Carl Prekopp
- Edward of York...
Richard III – The Three Brothers[]
- Queen Elizabeth, wife of Edward IV...Nancy Carroll
- King Edward IV...
- King Richard III...Carl Prekopp
- Clarence...
- Margaret, widow of Henry VI...
- Warwick...
- Stafford...
- Lewis...
- Bishop...Paul Moriarty
External links[]
Categories:
- 2010 audio plays
- 2011 audio plays
- British radio dramas
- 2010 radio dramas
- 2011 radio dramas
- Cultural depictions of Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Cultural depictions of Richard I of England
- Cultural depictions of Saladin
- Cultural depictions of Henry VIII
- Cultural depictions of William Wallace
- Cultural depictions of John, King of England
- House of Plantagenet
- Cultural depictions of Edward I of England