An Age of Kings — Season 1, Episode 1: Richard II, Part 1: The Hollow Crown

Episode synopsis

The Duke of Gloucester, the King's uncle and arch-enemy, has been murdered. Most people suspect Thomas Mowbray did it at the King's command. Henry Bolingbroke, the King's cousin, has accused Mowbray to his face. Together they are summoned before Richard II. (Covers Acts 1, 2 & 3 S1 & 2)

About An Age of Kings

A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays — Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III — chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II and Richard III.

More episodes from Season 1

• E2Richard II, Part 2: The Desposing of a King
• E3Henry IV, Part 1: Rebellion from the North
• E4Henry IV, Part 2: The Road to Shrewsbury
• E5Henry IV, Part 3: The New Conspiracy
• E6Henry IV, Part 4: Uneasy Lies the Head
• E7Henry V, Part 1: Signs of War
• E8Henry V, Part 2: The Band of Brothers
• E9Henry VI, Part 1: The Red Rose and the White
• E10Henry VI, Part 2: The Fall of a Protector
• E11Henry VI, Part 3: The Rabble from Kent
• E12Henry VI, Part 4: The Morning's War
• E13Henry VI, Part 5: The Sun in Splendour