Name: The Hollow Crown
Released: 2013-09-20T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Sturridge

TV Show · Drama · History

King Richard is called upon to settle a dispute between his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray. Richard calls for a duel but then halts it just before swords clash. Both men are banished from the realm.

2013 · 2h 27m

Starring Jeremy Irons, Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Sturridge

Director Rupert Goold

EPISODE 1

Richard II, Pt 1

King Richard is called upon to settle a dispute between his cousin Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray; Richard calls for a duel but then halts it just before swords clash and both men are banished from the realm.
EPISODE 2

Henry IV, Pt 1

The King is threatened by a rebellion led by Prince Hal's rival, Hotspur, his father Northumberland and his uncle Worcester; considering danger to the state, Hal joins his father to defeat the rebels at the Battle of Shrewsbury and to kill Hotspur.
EPISODE 3

Henry IV Part 2

Northumberland learns of the death of his son.
EPISODE 4

Henry V, Pt 1

Henry V has settled onto the throne and has the makings of a fine king when the French ambassador brings a challenge from the Dauphin; inspired by his courtiers Exeter and York, Henry swears that he will, with all force, answer this challenge.
EPISODE 1

Henry VI Part I

Seventeen years after the death of Henry V the realm is under the protection of the Duke of Gloucester and the young Henry VI.
EPISODE 2

Henry VI Part II

Henry VI and the Lancastrians are forced to give away their right to the Crown; Queen Margaret is outraged that her son should lose his inheritance.