An Age of Kings — Season 1, Episode 6: Henry IV, Part 4: Uneasy Lies the Head

Episode synopsis

The burdens of kingship and of failing health weigh heavily upon Henry IV. After his victory at Shrewsbury, he has to organise a new campaign against the northern rebels. Disappointed in Prince Hal, who returns to his customary low haunts in London, the King sends his younger son, John of Lancaster, to negotiate with the rebel leaders. Falstaff journeys to Gloucestershire to muster recruits, and there falls in with an acquaintance, a simple country Justice, Master Shallow. (Covers 2 Henry IV Act 3 S1—conclusion)

About An Age of Kings

A linking together of Shakespeare's history plays — Richard II, 1 Henry IV, 2 Henry IV, Henry V, 1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI, and Richard III — chronicling the rise and fall of monarchs over the 86 years between Richard II and Richard III.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Richard II, Part 1: The Hollow Crown
• E2Richard II, Part 2: The Desposing of a King
• E3Henry IV, Part 1: Rebellion from the North
• E4Henry IV, Part 2: The Road to Shrewsbury
• E5Henry IV, Part 3: The New Conspiracy
• E7Henry V, Part 1: Signs of War
• E8Henry V, Part 2: The Band of Brothers
• E9Henry VI, Part 1: The Red Rose and the White
• E10Henry VI, Part 2: The Fall of a Protector
• E11Henry VI, Part 3: The Rabble from Kent
• E12Henry VI, Part 4: The Morning's War
• E13Henry VI, Part 5: The Sun in Splendour