Poster of Cast and Crew in The BBC Television Shakespeare - The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur (Season 1 - Episode 7) - The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur

The BBC Television Shakespeare - Season 1 - The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur (Episode 7)

Plot: 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
Episode Aired On:
Sunday, December 9 1979
45 years ago
Genres: Drama, Comedy