SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Television drama. Benedict Cumberbatch plays King Richard.

Series

Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses, The

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Transmission details

21 May 2016 at 21:00 (Channel: BBC2)

Duration

130 mins

Credits

Director

Dominic Cooke

Producer

Rupert Ryle-Hodges

Writer

William Shakespeare

Adaptor for Television

Ben Power

Cast

Geoffrey Streatfeild	King Edward IV
Judi Dench	Duchess of York
Caspar Morley	Prince Edward (Prince of Wales)
Isaac Andrews	Richard, the young Duke of York
Sam Troughton	George, Duke of Clarence
Al Weaver	Lord Rivers
Alan David	Bishop of Ely
Anton Lesser	Exeter
Barney Harris	Ned
Ben Daniels	Duke of Buckingham
Benedict Cumberbatch	Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later King Richard
Gary Powell	Sir James Tyrrel
Geoff Bell	Murderer
Ivanno Jeremiah	Sir James Blunt
James Fleet	Hastings
Jo Stone-Fewings	Stanley, Earl of Derby
John Mackay	Sir Robert Brackenbury
Josef Altin	Murderer
Jude Owusu	Messenger
Keeley Hawes	Queen Elizabeth
Keith Dunphy	Sir Richard Ratcliffe
Luke Treadaway	Earl of Richmond
Madison Lygo	Princess Elizabeth
Matthew Needham	Basset
Paul Bazely	Sir William Catesby
Phoebe Fox	Lady Anne
Robert Bowman	Lord Mayor of London
Samuel Valentine	Lord Grey
Simon Ginty	Stanley, Earl of Derby
Sophie Okonedo	Queen Margaret

Additional Details

Production type

Television and Radio Drama

Historical period

Medieval

Plays

Richard III

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

History

Henry VI parts I & II and Richard III are available as a 3-disc DVD set from online retailers.

In the US the series was transmitted by PBS in Great Performances, produced by Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET.

Production Company

Name

Neal Street Productions

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
W1T 1LN

Name

Learning on Screen Off-Air Recording Back-up Service

Email

services@bufvc.ac.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7393 1514

Fax

020 7393 1555

Address

For Learning on Screen Members only
77 Wells Street
London
W1T 3QJ

Distributor

Name

BBC Store

Web

https://store.bbc.com/ External site opens in new window

Notes

NB. From May 2017 programmes are no longer available to buy on BBC Store. From November 1st 2017 the store will close completely and programmes bought from BBC Store will no longer be available to watch. Customers who have bought items from BBC Store will be contacted by email and refunded for their purchases either by full cash refund or Amazon video vouchers.