Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father's good opinions and help suppress the uprising.

To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Janina Ramirez tells the story of three books that...

Shipwrecked on the coast of Illyria, Viola adopts a male disguise and enters the service of Duke Ors...

Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir,...

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the co...
Writer Broadcaster and Newsnight arts correspondent Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahea...

Three witches predict that Macbeth will ascend to the throne of Scotland. To fulfill this prophecy, ...

His opponents accused him of being homosexual. The male favorites he gathered around him during his ...

Recreating festivities from Henry VIII's era, Lucy Worsley dresses, eats, drinks, sings and parties ...

In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a mov...

The true story of William Wilberforce and his courageous quest to end the British slave trade. Along...
Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie H...

Rosencrantz and Guildensterm, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road t...

A young Prince is visited by the Ghost of his father and compelled to vengeance - but can he stop th...

When soldier Robin happens upon the dying Robert of Loxley, he promises to return the man's sword to...

The Scottish tragedy 'Macbeth' set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two...

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a reb...

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcol...

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daugh...

The film starts with the veteran thespian Harish Mishra, he is gravely ill. The punishments of a fil...