The BBC Television Shakespeare - Season 1 Episode 24 The First Part of Henry the Sixt
Following the death of his father, Henry V, the young Henry VI is proclaimed king under the protectorship of his uncles, the Dukes of Gloucester and Exeter. There is conflict between Gloucester and his long-term rival, the Bishop of Winchester. Richard Plantagenet, having established a claim to the throne through the Mortimer line of his family, declares his animosity towards the Duke of Somerset. Charles the Dauphin, fortified by his alliance with Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc), dominates the battles in France. An uneasy peace is concluded between England and France, and Gloucester engineers a politically astute marriage between Henry and the Earl of Armagnac's daughter. Meanwhile, in France, Suffolk woos Margaret, daughter of the Duke of Anjou, to be Henry's queen and in order to gain her father's consent cedes the newly conquered French territories of Anjou and Maine. Suffolk persuades Henry, against opposition from the court, to marry Margaret and make her Queen of England.
First Air Date: Dec 03, 1978
Last Air date: Apr 27, 1985
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 37 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 6.00 users
Popularity: 28.7736
Language: English
Season
Season 1
Episode
Romeo & Juliet
King Richard the Second
As You Like It
Julius Caesar
Measure for Measure
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur
The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift
The Life of Henry the Fift
Twelfth Night
The Tempest
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The Taming of the Shrew
The Merchant of Venice
All's Well That Ends Well
The Winter's Tale
Timon of Athens
Antony and Cleopatra
Othello
Troilus and Cressida
A Midsummer Night's Dream
King Lear
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The First Part of Henry the Sixt
The Second Part of Henry the Sixt
The Third Part of Henry the Sixt
The Tragedy of Richard III
Cymbeline
Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
The Life & Death of King John
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Much Ado About Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
Titus Andronicus