Henry IV
- Synopsis
- BBC screen adaptation by John Caird which compresses both parts of Henry IV into a three-hour television drama focusing on the father/son relationships in the plays.
- Series
- Performance
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Transmission details
- 28 Oct 1995 at 20:11 (Channel: BBC2)
- Duration
- 173 mins
Credits
- Director
- John Caird
- Producer
- Annie Castledine
- Writer
- William Shakespeare
- Music
- Ilona Sekacz
- Costume
- Joan Wadge
- Art Direction
- Jane Shepherd
- Contributor
- Michael Hastings
- Cast
Additional Details
- Production type
- Television and Radio Drama
- Plays
- Henry IV Part 1; Henry IV Part 2
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Notes
- Notes
- Costume and setting employ Medieval and Elizabethan styles.
- General
- Made on a budget of £1 million, Caird’s production was the BBC’s biggest Shakespeare project since the close of the BBC Television Shakespeare series (1978-85).
- History
- Transmitted in two parts with five-minute break.
- Figures
- Viewing audience of 661 000 (consolidated viewing for the first part of the programme)
3% share of the viewing audience of BBC2 for that day
(Figures provided by BARB, the Broadcasters Audience Research Board, 1995) - Awards
- Nominated for a BAFTA TV award in the category ‘Best Costume Design’ (Joan Wadge) in 1995.
- Textual information
- John Caird’s adaptation liberally cuts parts of the original Henry IV texts (removing almost everyone - to use Caird’s words - named after an English county) and pastes additional material from Richard II, Henry V, Henry VI Part 3 and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
- Reviews
- H.R. Coursen, "History and Television: Two Recent Productions" in his Shakespeare in Space: Recent Shakespeare Productions on Screen (New York et al.: Peter Lang, 2002), pp. 45-52.
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
BFI National Archive
- Web
- http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7436 0165
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London
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How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Henry IV". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36559 (Accessed 03 Oct 2024)