The BBC Television Shakespeare · SEASON 1

The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur

Episode 7 · 1979-12-09

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Episode overview

Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favour of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, redeem himself in his father's eyes and help suppress the uprising.

147 minutes

Season 1 episodes

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