The Hollow Crown (TV series)
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| Genre | Historical drama Shakespeare |
| Based on | Selected works of William Shakespeare's history plays |
| Directed by |
Rupert Goold Richard Eyre Thea Sharrock Dominic Cooke |
| Starring |
Cycle I Ben Whishaw Jeremy Irons Tom Hiddleston Cycle II Benedict Cumberbatch Judi Dench Sophie Okonedo Michael Gambon Angus Imrie |
| Music by |
Cycle I Stephen Warbeck (2 episodes) Adam Cork (1 episode) Adrian Johnston (1 episode) Cycle II Dan Jones |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sam Mendes |
| Producer(s) | Rupert Ryle-Hodges |
| Running time |
Cycle I Richard II (148 minutes) Henry IV Part I (120 minutes) Henry IV Part II (121 minutes) Henry V (139 minutes) Cycle II Henry VI, Part I (111 minutes) Henry VI, Part II and Henry VI, Part III (123 minutes) Richard III (130 minutes) |
| Production company(s) |
Neal Street Productions NBCUniversal WNET |
| Release | |
| Original network |
BBC Two PBS |
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The Hollow Crown is a series of British television film adaptations of William Shakespeare's history plays.
The first cycle is an adaptation of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II, Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II and Henry V, starring Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston. Olivier Award winners Rupert Goold, Richard Eyre and Thea Sharrock directed the telefilms, which were produced by Rupert Ryle-Hodges for BBC Two and executive produced by Sam Mendes and Pippa Harris under Neal Street Productions in association with NBCUniversal. The first series, which aired in the United Kingdom in 2012, received positive reviews from critics. Ben Whishaw and Simon Russell Beale won British Academy Television Awards for Leading actor and Supporting actor for their performances, and Jeremy Irons was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor for his role as Henry IV. The first episode, Richard II, was nominated for the Best Single Drama at the BAFTAs.
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