Henry IV, Part I and Part II (film series)

Henry IV, Part I Henry IV, Part II
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare
Screenplay by	Richard Eyre
Directed by	Richard Eyre
Starring	Jeremy Irons Simon Russell Beale Tom Hiddleston Julie Walters Alun Armstrong Joe Armstrong
Theme music composer	Stephen Warbeck
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Sam Mendes
Cinematography	Ben Smithard
Running time	120 minutes
Production company(s)	Neal Street Productions NBCUniversal WNET
Release
Original network	BBC Two
Original release	7 July 2012 (2012-07-07) Part I 14 July 2012 (2012-07-14) Part II
Chronology
Preceded by	Richard II
Followed by	Henry V

Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II are 2012 British television films based on the plays of the same name by William Shakespeare. They are the second and third films in the series of television films called The Hollow Crown produced by Sam Mendes for BBC Two covering the second set of plays in Shakespeare's Henriad. They were directed and adapted by Richard Eyre and star Jeremy Irons as King Henry IV, Simon Russell Beale as Falstaff and Tom Hiddleston as Prince Hal. Much of the two films' cast and crew overlap and the plot flows directly from the first to the second.

Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2 are the second and third plays in Shakespeare's tetralogy dealing with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V.

Simon Russell Beale won the 2013 British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Supporting actor for his performance as Falstaff.

Cast

Actors appear in both parts unless noted.

• Jeremy Irons as Henry IV
• Simon Russell Beale as Falstaff
• Tom Hiddleston as Prince Hal
• Julie Walters as Mistress Quickly
• Alun Armstrong as Earl of Northumberland
• Joe Armstrong as Hotspur (Part 1)
• David Bamber as Robert Shallow (Part 2)
• Niamh Cusack as Lady Northumberland (Part 2)
• David Dawson as Poins
• Michelle Dockery as Lady Percy
• Tom Georgeson as Bardolph
• Iain Glen as Earl of Warwick (Part 2)
• Nicholas Jones as Archbishop of York (Part 2)
• David Hayman as Earl of Worcester (Part 1)
• James Laurenson as Earl of Westmoreland
• Geoffrey Palmer as Lord Chief Justice (Part 2)
• Harry Lloyd as Edmund Mortimer (Part 1)
• Maxine Peake as Doll Tearsheet
• Paul Ritter as Ancient Pistol (Part 2)
• Robert Pugh as Owen Glendower (Part 1)
• Alex Clatworthy as Lady Mortimer (Part 1)
• Ian Conningham as Peto
• Stephen McCole as Douglas (Part 1)
• Adam Kotz as Hastings (Part 2)
• Henry Faber as Prince John of Lancaster
• Mark Tandy as Sir Richard Vernon (Part 1)
• Pip Torrens as Mowbray (Part 2)
• Tim McMullan as Silence (Part 2)
• Michael Keane as Thomas Wart (Part 2)
• Dominic Rowan as Coleville of the Dale (Part 2)
• Jolyon Coy as Sir Walter Blunt (Part 1)

Production

Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II were filmed simultaneously from January to March 2012. The films were shot on location and at Ealing Studios in London, where the Boar's Head Tavern set was created. Scenes at Henry IV's court in the Palace of Westminster were filmed at Gloucester Cathedral. Caerphilly Castle in Wales was used both for the scenes set at Warkworth Castle and for the meeting with Glendower. The Battle of Shrewsbury was filmed in a field near Rickmansworth during a winter snowfall. Although the battle took place in July, director Richard Eyre said he was delighted by the result: "The grass of the English landscape tends to subvert the violence of battle, so the snow turned the setting into this monochromatic world."

Release

Henry IV, Part I aired on BBC2 on Saturday, 7 July 2012. The start time was delayed by an hour because of coverage of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, and the film was subsequently repeated on Sunday, 8 July on BBC4. Henry IV, Part II aired the following Saturday, 14 July.