Season 1 (1960)

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Richard II, Part 1: The Hollow Crown
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April 28, 1960 • 1h

The Duke of Gloucester, the King's uncle and arch-enemy, has been murdered. Most people suspect Thomas Mowbray did it at the King'...Read more

Richard II, Part 2: The Desposing of a King
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May 12, 1960 • 1h

Episode 2 of Season 1 premiered on May 12, 1960

Henry IV, Part 1: Rebellion from the North
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May 26, 1960 • 1h

Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster, aided by the Earl of Northumberland and his son Harry Percy deposed the rightful King, Richa...Read more

Henry IV, Part 2: The Road to Shrewsbury
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June 9, 1960 • 1h

The Percy family, Henry Bolingbroke's chief allies in deposing and murdering Richard II, have been cheated of their just rewards a...Read more

Henry IV, Part 3: The New Conspiracy
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June 23, 1960 • 1h

The rebellion promoted by the Percy family against their former ally King Henry IV has been heavily crushed at Shrewsbury. The reb...Read more

Henry IV, Part 4: Uneasy Lies the Head
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July 7, 1960 • 1h

The burdens of kingship and of failing health weigh heavily upon Henry IV. After his victory at Shrewsbury he has to organise a ne...Read more

Henry V, Part 1: Signs of War
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July 21, 1960 • 1h

The final defeat of the northern rebels marked the conclusion of the eight troubled years of Henry IV's reign. With the accession ...Read more

Henry V, Part 2: The Band of Brothers
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August 4, 1960 • 1h

Henry V's first public act after his accession was to lay claim to the French throne and to the hand of the French princess. When ...Read more

Henry VI, Part 1: The Red Rose and the White
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August 25, 1960 • 1h

The English victory at Agincourt confirmed Henry V as an outstanding military leader and a greatly loved King. The ensuing treaty ...Read more

Henry VI, Part 2: The Fall of a Protector
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September 8, 1960 • 1h

After Henry V's death his French conquests were soon lost. His brothers, Bedford and Gloucester, were appointed Protectors of the ...Read more

Henry VI, Part 3: The Rabble from Kent
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September 22, 1960 • 1h

Episode 11 of Season 1 premiered on September 22, 1960

Henry VI, Part 4: The Morning's War
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October 6, 1960 • 1h

After the murder of Humphrey of Gloucester, the Duke of Suffolk, banished for his part in the crime, was executed by pirates durin...Read more

Henry VI, Part 5: The Sun in Splendour
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October 20, 1960 • 1h

The Duke of York was killed by Queen Margaret at Wakefield, but the Yorkists, under their dead leader's son Edward, smashed the La...Read more

Richard III, Part 1: The Dangerous Brother
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November 3, 1960 • 1h

The fortunes of the House of Lancaster have now reached their lowest point. The young Prince of Wales, heir to Henry VI, has been ...Read more

Richard III, Part 2: The Boar Hunt
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November 17, 1960 • 1h

Nothing can now check Gloucester's devious and ruthless struggle to possess himself of the Crown. His brothers are dead, the Queen...Read more