The Hollow Crown (TV series)
Cast
<table><thead><tr><th>Role</th><th>The Hollow Crown (2012)</th><th>The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Richard II</td><td>Henry IV, Part 1</td><td>Henry IV, Part 2</td><td>Henry V</td><td>Henry VI, Part 1</td><td>Henry VI, Part 2</td><td>Richard III</td></tr><tr><td>King Richard II</td><td>Ben Whishaw</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>King Henry IV Henry Bolingbroke</td><td>Rory Kinnear</td><td>Jeremy Irons</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Queen Isabella</td><td>Clémence Poésy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>John of Gaunt Duke of Lancaster</td><td>Patrick Stewart</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Duke of York</td><td>David Suchet</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Duchess of York</td><td>Lindsay Duncan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Duke of Aumerle later Duke of York</td><td>Tom Hughes</td><td></td><td>Paterson Joseph</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Earl of Northumberland</td><td>David Morrissey</td><td>Alun Armstrong</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lady Northumberland</td><td></td><td>Niamh Cusack</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Thomas Mowbray Duke of Norfolk</td><td>James Purefoy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>King Henry V Prince Hal</td><td></td><td>Tom Hiddleston</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sir John Falstaff</td><td></td><td>Simon Russell Beale</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mistress Nell Quickly</td><td></td><td>Julie Walters</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mistress Doll Tearsheet</td><td></td><td>Maxine Peake</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bardolph</td><td></td><td>Tom Georgeson</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ned Poins</td><td></td><td>David Dawson</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sir Henry Percy Harry Hotspur</td><td></td><td>Joe Armstrong</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Earl of Worcester</td><td></td><td>David Hayman</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lady Kate Percy</td><td></td><td>Michelle Dockery</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sir Edmund Mortimer</td><td></td><td>Harry Lloyd</td><td></td><td>Michael Gambon</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Prince John of Lancaster</td><td></td><td>Henry Faber</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester</td><td></td><td>Will Attenborough</td><td></td><td>Hugh Bonneville</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Earl of Westmorland</td><td></td><td>James Laurenson</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ancient Pistol</td><td></td><td>Paul Ritter</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Owen Glendower</td><td></td><td>Robert Pugh</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lady Mortimer</td><td></td><td>Alex Clatworthy</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Justice Robert Shallow</td><td></td><td>David Bamber</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lord Chief Justice</td><td></td><td>Geoffrey Palmer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Duke of Exeter</td><td></td><td>Anton Lesser</td></tr><tr><td>Captain Fluellen</td><td></td><td>Owen Teale</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Montjoy</td><td></td><td>Jérémie Covillault</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>King Charles VI of France</td><td></td><td>Lambert Wilson</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Louis, the Dauphin</td><td></td><td>Edward Akrout</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Princess Katherine</td><td></td><td>Mélanie Thierry</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Alice</td><td></td><td>Geraldine Chaplin</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chorus</td><td></td><td>John Hurt</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>King Henry VI</td><td></td><td>Tom Sturridge</td></tr><tr><td>Queen Margaret</td><td></td><td>Sophie Okonedo</td></tr><tr><td>Eleanor Cobham Duchess of Gloucester</td><td></td><td>Sally Hawkins</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Richard Plantagenet Duke of York</td><td></td><td>Adrian Dunbar</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Cecily Duchess of York</td><td></td><td>Lucy Robinson</td><td>Judi Dench</td></tr><tr><td>Bishop of Winchester</td><td></td><td>Samuel West</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Earl of Warwick</td><td></td><td>Stanley Townsend</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Earl of Somerset</td><td></td><td>Ben Miles</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Duke of Suffolk</td><td></td><td>Jason Watkins</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Lord Talbot</td><td></td><td>Philip Glenister</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Joan of Arc</td><td></td><td>Laura Frances-Morgan</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>King Richard III Richard Plantagenet</td><td></td><td>Benedict Cumberbatch</td></tr><tr><td>Queen Elizabeth</td><td></td><td>Keeley Hawes</td></tr><tr><td>Edmund Plantagenet</td><td></td><td>Angus Imrie</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>King Edward IV Edward Plantagenet</td><td></td><td>Geoffrey Streatfeild</td></tr><tr><td>George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence</td><td></td><td>Sam Troughton</td></tr><tr><td>Lord Clifford</td><td></td><td>Kyle Soller</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Earl of Westmorland</td><td></td><td>Richard Lynch</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Prince Edward</td><td></td><td>Barney Harris</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Duke of Buckingham</td><td></td><td>Ben Daniels</td></tr><tr><td>Queen Anne</td><td></td><td>Phoebe Fox</td></tr><tr><td>Lord Hastings</td><td></td><td>James Fleet</td></tr><tr><td>King Louis XI of France</td><td></td><td>Andrew Scott</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>King Henry VII Earl of Richmond</td><td></td><td>Andrew Davies</td><td>Luke Treadaway</td></tr><tr><td>Catesby</td><td></td><td>Paul Bazely</td></tr></tbody></table>
Episodes
!From left to right: [Ben Whishaw as Richard II, Jeremy Irons as Henry IV and Tom Hiddleston as Henry V.](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/47/HollowCrownFilmSeriesLeadActors.jpeg/250px-HollowCrownFilmSeriesLeadActors.jpeg)
Home media
The overseas and DVD rights for The Hollow Crown series are owned by NBC Universal. A Region 2 DVD set of the four films was released on 1 October 2012. A Region 1 DVD set was released on 17 September 2013. A 2-disc DVD set of The Wars of the Roses was released on 20 June 2016.
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