Plantagenet is a three-series sequence of BBC Radio 4 radio plays by the British dramatist Mike Walker, broadcast in the Classic Serial strand, based on the account of the Plantagenet dynasty in Holinshed's Chronicles. Each series consisted of three weekly episodes, the first premiering from 14 February 2010, the second from 29 May 2011 and the third from 1 April 2012.
Episode list Series 1 Henry II – What is A Man? King Henry II – David Warner Queen Eleanor – Jane Lapotaire Prince Richard – Joseph Cohen-Cole Prince Hal – Piers Wehner Prince Geoffrey – Rhys Jennings William Marshall – Stephen Hogan Bertran de Bourne – Bruce Alexander King Louis – Philip Fox Courtier – John Biggins
Richard I – Lionheart Queen Eleanor – Jane Lapotaire Richard – Ed Stoppard King Henry II – David Warner William Marshall – Stephen Hogan King Philip – John Biggins Saladin – Raad Rawi El-adel – Khalid Laith Baldwin – Ewan Hooper Prince John, later King John – Neil Stuke Hugh – Philip Fox Robert of Champagne – Rhys Jennings Conrad – Piers Wehner
John, by the Grace of God Queen Eleanor – Jane Lapotaire King Richard – Ed Stoppard King John – Neil Stuke William Marshall – Stephen Hogan Prince Arthur – Ryan Watson Queen Isabelle – Emerald O'Hanrahan King Philip – John Biggins Saladin – Raad Rawi El-Adel – Khalid Laith Doctor/Langton – Ewan Hooper Girard – Joseph Cohen-Cole De Roche – Bruce Alexander Fitzwalter – Piers Wehner Will Marshall – Rhys Jennings Prince Henry, later Henry III – Bertie Gilbert
Series 2 Edward I – Old Soldiers King Edward I – Philip Jackson Margaret, Edward's second wife – Ellie Kendrick Ned, later King Edward II – Sam Troughton Piers Gaveston – Simon Bubb William Wallace – James Lailey Roger Bigod – Jonathan Forbes
Edward II – The Greatest Traitor King Edward II – Sam Troughton Isabella, Edward's wife and Mortimer's lover – Hattie Morahan Roger Mortimer – Trystan Gravelle Prince Edward, later King Edward III – Joseph Samrai Hugh Despenser – Jonathan Forbes
Richard II – And All Our Dreams Will End in Death King Richard II, Edward III's grandson and heir – Patrick Kennedy Henry Bolingbroke – Blake Ritson Queen Ann – Alex Tregear Gloucester – Peter Polycarpou John of Gaunt – Sean Baker
Series 3 Henry V – True Believers Hal, later King Henry V ...Luke Treadaway Katherine of France, Henry V's wife...Lydia Leonard Thomas of Earlham...James Lailey Sir John Oldcastle...Nicky Henson King Henry IV...Paul Moriarty Badby...Simon Bubb Bradmore...Carl Prekopp
Henry VI – A Simple Man King Henry VI...Al Weaver Margaret...Aimee-Ffion Edwards Richard, Duke of York... Shaun Dooley Cardinal Beaufort...Paul Moriarty Earl of Warwick...Gerard McDermott Duke of Somerset...Carl Prekopp Edward of York...Simon Bubb
Richard III – The Three Brothers Queen Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV...Nancy Carroll King Edward IV...Simon Bubb King Richard III...Carl Prekopp Clarence...Christopher Webster Margaret, widow of Henry VI...Aimee Ffion Edwards Warwick...Gerard McDermott Stafford...Adam Billington Lewis...James Lailey Bishop...Paul Moriarty
External links BBC site – Series 1 BBC site – Series 2