7.7
Genre
Drama, War, History
Synopsis
Against the backdrop of wars in France, the English nobility quarrel. News of the English defeat at Orleans reaches the duke of Gloucester and other nobles. After the funeral of Henry V, his son, the infant Henry VI, is proclaimed king. Seventeen years later, Henry sits on the throne whilst the rivalries at court continue - Plantagenet has learned of his own strong claim to the crown.
Cast
Gloucester
Hugh Bonneville
Richard III
Benedict Cumberbatch
Margaret of Anjou
Sophie Okonedo
Plantagenet
Adrian Dunbar
Mortimer
Michael Gambon
Talbot
Philip Glenister
Eleanor
Sally Hawkins
Exeter
Anton Lesser
Somerset
Ben Miles
Henry V
Tom Sturridge
Warwick
Stanley Townsend
Suffolk
Jason Watkins
Bishop of Winchester
Samuel West
Sir William Lucy
Tom Beard
John Talbot
Max Bennett
Murderer
Sean Cernow
Joan's Mother
Pandora Colin
Joan of Arc
Laura Frances-Morgan
Brakenbury
John Mackay
Vernon
Stuart McQuarrie
Basset
Matthew Needham
Young Cecily
Lucy Robinson
Young Cecily
David Troughton
Falstaff
Simon Russell Beale
Richard II
Ben Whishaw
Henry V
Tom Hiddleston
Henry IV
Jeremy Irons
Director
