The BBC Television Shakespeare · SEASON 1

The Life & Death of King John

Episode 33 · 1984-11-24

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Drama
Comedy

Episode overview

King Richard I, the revered 'Lionheart', is dead. His brother John has become King of England, but the French argue that the throne should belong to the boy Arthur, son of John's deceased older brother Geoffrey. Matching the dispute over the throne is a dispute over inheritance in the noble Falconbridge family. French and English forces fight for the town of Angiers in France; a citizen proposes that the opponents should be united by a marriage between Lewis the Dauphin, heir to France, and John's niece, Lady Blanche. John is excommunicated for failing to agree to the Pope's choice for the post of Archbishop of Canterbury. The papal legate Cardinal Pandulph stirs the French to resume war against the English.

157 minutes

1. Romeo & Juliet1978-12-03

2. King Richard the Second1978-12-10

3. As You Like It1978-12-17

4. Julius Caesar1979-02-11

5. Measure for Measure1979-02-18

6. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight1979-02-25

7. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur1979-12-09

8. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift1979-12-16

9. The Life of Henry the Fifth1979-12-23

10. Twelfth Night1980-01-06

11. The Tempest1980-02-27

12. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark1980-05-25

13. The Taming of the Shrew1980-10-23

14. The Merchant of Venice1980-12-17

15. All's Well That Ends Well1981-01-04

16. The Winter's Tale1981-02-08

17. Timon of Athens1981-04-16

18. Antony and Cleopatra1981-05-08

19. Othello1981-10-04

20. Troilus and Cressida1981-11-07

21. A Midsummer Night's Dream1981-12-13

22. King Lear1982-09-19

23. The Merry Wives of Windsor1982-12-28

24. The First Part of Henry the Sixth1983-01-02

25. The Second Part of Henry the Sixth1983-01-09

26. The Third Part of Henry the Sixth1983-01-16

27. The Tragedy of Richard III1983-01-23

28. Cymbeline1983-07-10

29. Macbeth1983-11-05

30. The Comedy of Errors1983-12-24

31. The Two Gentlemen of Verona1983-12-27

32. The Tragedy of Coriolanus1984-04-21

33. The Life & Death of King John1984-11-24

34. Pericles, Prince of Tyre1984-12-08

35. Much Ado About Nothing1984-12-22

36. Love's Labour's Lost1985-01-05

37. Titus Andronicus1985-04-27