The BBC Television Shakespeare

Season 1 Episode 25: The Second Part of Henry the Sixth

Dissension is rife in the English court. Suffolk's influence intensifies. The fractious English nobles unite in their common aim to get rid of the Duke of Gloucester. His wife Eleanor, the Duchess of Gloucester, aspires to the crown and is lured by a priest, John Hume, who is in the pay of Suffolk, to consult a witch about her ambitions. Somerset returns from France with the news of the loss of all English territories. York and others seize this opportunity to implicate Gloucester in the loss of France and to accuse him of treason.

Genre:

Drama , Comedy

Seasons:

1

Episodes:

37

Actor:

Quality:

HD

Status:

Ended

First Air:

1978

IMDb:

6.0