8) HENRY IV PART 1 BBC SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION

TV Movie 1979 2h 30m Director - David Giles Writer - William Shakespeare Stars - Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Rob Edwards Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed “Hotspur“). Henry’s son Hal, the Prince of Wales, has thrown over life at court in favor of heavy drinking and petty theft in the company of a debauched elderly knight, Sir John Falstaff. Hal must extricate himself from some legal problems, regain his father’s good opinions, and help suppress the uprising.