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The Hollow Crown - Season 2
Season 2 opens with young Henry VI coming to the throne, under the protection of the duke of Gloucester, unaware that there are other claimants to the throne, Plantagent of York and Somerset of Lancaster, whose factions will ultimately cause the Wars of the Roses.
3 April 1946, London, England, UK
21 March 1977
5 August 1943, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK
November1997, Essex, London, England, UK
1981, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
1972, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK
9 September 1985, England, UK
December 22, 2016
Henry VI, Part 2, part of PBS's Great Performances series, features some very potent performances, notably from Sophie Okonedo as Queen Margaret.
December 09, 2016
The experience is not like watching a play on screen, as Dominic Cooke has directed each part with a clear vision of filmic aesthetics, and along with that, a ghastly amount of violence.
May 11, 2016
Chopped and changed, galloping, leaping... Perhaps chopped isn't the right word, though. It suggests crudity, and this is top-notch swordsmanship, cut with great thought and precision to leave no scar.
December 09, 2016
It's absolutely ideal as an alternative for the time of the year.
May 11, 2016
What Cooke captures is the scope, the daring and the savage headlong rush of the poet's imagination, and that's not to be scoffed at.
January 04, 2017
It's the real-life version of Game of Thrones, and it's just as good, if not better.
December 08, 2016
The Hollow Crown doesn't just bring Shakespeare's words to life, it sets them on fire and lets them howl to the moon.
December 09, 2016
Rather than downplay his natural magnetism, Cumberbatch emphasizes it, charming the audience by talking directly to the camera, just like Kevin Spacey does in House of Cards.
December 12, 2016
It speaks to the impermanence of things, and of kings, which you may find a useful, even comforting, thought long about now.