The Hollow Crown: BBC2's new Shakespeare films in pictures

Ben Whishaw plays Richard II
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Richard II, which broadcasts on Saturday June 30, is the first of four films in The Hollow Crown season Photograph: BBC

Rory Kinnear plays Henry Bolingbroke Photograph: BBC

Here, Lambert Wilson plays Charles VI of France
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Jeremy Irons as Henry IV talking to Prince Hal, played by Tom Hiddleston
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Hiddleston in Henry IV. The dramas were filmed entirely on location
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Alun Armstrong and Niamh Cusack as the Earl of Northumberland and Lady Northumberland, alongside Michelle Dockery
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Dockery plays Kate Percy Photograph: Joss Barratt/BBC

Hiddleston as Henry V
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Paterson Joseph as the Duke of York
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Julie Walters plays Mistress Quickly in the films
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