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What's in a King? BBC's Plantagenet in Review

Annie Martirosyan | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Holinshed's Chronicles, Richard II, Jane Lapotaire, Mike Walker, Katherine of Valois, Edward I, Earl of Warwick, Richard III, Margaret of Anjou, Henry II, Plantagenet, Wars of the Roses, Queen Anne, Eleanor of Aquitaine, BBC Audiobooks, Leicester Cathedral, Henry VI, Henry V, Kingmaker, UK Entertainment News
Annie Martirosyan

Plantagenet tells of a dynasty of monarchs that has shaped one of the longest, ripest and bloodiest periods in English history. The fact and fiction, the rumour and reality that have surrounded this mighty line of rulers have generated a mythos shrouded in drama, chivalry, ambition, mistrust and romance.

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Why is the BBC's 'Hollow Crown' So Important to Britain and Britishness

Kayte Ferris | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Shakespeare, Film, Britain, Bbc, Downton Abbey, Hollow Crown, History, Britishness, Entertainment, Richard II, Uktv, UK Entertainment News
Kayte Ferris

This is what Britain needs to concentrate on. Murray has lost Wimbledon, and what with all the hype I'm sure we'll do dismally at the Olympics. But we can be proud of our cultural output, from the sixteenth century to the present day. The Hollow Crown, elbowing its way through all of those Olympic adverts, screams "LOOK OVER HERE! LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN DO!"

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