Based on the plays of William Shakespeare.
Music composed and conducted by Christopher Whelen ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble ; title music composed by Arthur Bliss ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Lionel Salter, conductor.
David William (Richard II), Tom Fleming (Henry IV), Sean Connery (Hotspur), Robert Hardy (Henry V), Frank Pettingell (Falstaff), Judi Dench (Katherine of France), Terry Scully (Henry VI), Eileen Atkins (Joan la Pucelle), Julian Glover (Edward VI), Paul Daneman (Richard III), Mary Morris, Geoffrey Bayldon, George A. Cooper, Hermione Baddeley, Angela Baddeley, Gordon Gostelow, Robert Lang, Patrick Garland, Edgar Wreford, John Greenwood, Esmond Knight, Juliet Cooke, Patricia Hereghan, David Andrews, William Squire, Frank Windsor, Jerome Willis, John Ringham, Alan Rowe, Violet Carson, Jill Dixon.
BBC Television's compelling 15 episode production from 1960 of William Shakespeare's great national pageant of eight history plays.

Disc 1. The Hollow crown: Richard II -- The Deposing of a king: Richard II -- Rebellion from the north: Henry IV, part 1. -- Disc 2. The Road to Shrewsbury: Henry IV, part 1 -- The New conspiracy: Henry IV, part 2 -- Uneasy lies the head: Henry IV, part 2. -- Disc 3. Signs of war: Henry V -- The Band of brothers: Henry V -- The Red rose and the white: Henry VI, part 1. -- Disc 4. The Fall of the protector: Henry VI, part 2 -- The Rabble from Kent: Henry VI, part 2 -- The Morning's war: Henry VI, part 3. -- Disc 5. The Sun in splendour: Henry VI, part 3 -- The Dangerous brother: Richard III -- The Boar hunt: Richard III -- The making of An Age of Kings.