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The Devil's Crown is a BBC television series which dramatised the reigns of three medieval Kings of England: Henry II and his sons Richard the Lionheart and John Lackland. It is also known as La couronne du diable in French.
Original Release
04/30/1978 on BBC
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Lapotaire | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
John Duttine | John |
Christopher Gable | Charles Auguste / Philippe Auguste |
Brian Cox | Henry II |
Ralph Michael | Hubert Walter |
Charles Kay | Louis VII |
Michael Byrne | Richard Lionheart |
Michael Hawkins | Richard De Lacy |
Patrick Troughton | William Marshal |
Lucy Gutteridge | Alys / Alys aged 16 |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | If All the World Were Mine | Sunday, 30 April 1978 |
2 | The Earth Is Not Enough | Sunday, 07 May 1978 |
3 | A Rose, a Thorn | Sunday, 14 May 1978 |
4 | The Hungry Falcons | Sunday, 21 May 1978 |
5 | Before the Dark | Sunday, 28 May 1978 |
6 | Richard Yea and Nay | Sunday, 04 June 1978 |
7 | Lion of Christendom | Sunday, 11 June 1978 |
8 | When Cage-Birds Sing | Sunday, 18 June 1978 |
9 | Bolt from the Blue | Sunday, 25 June 1978 |
10 | In Sun's Eclipse | Sunday, 02 July 1978 |
11 | The Flowers Are Silent | Sunday, 09 July 1978 |
12 | Tainted King | Sunday, 16 July 1978 |
13 | To the Devil They Go | Sunday, 23 July 1978 |
Directors
Alan Cooke, Ronald Wilson, Jane Howell
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Jane Lapotaire | Eleanor of Aquitaine |
John Duttine | John |
Christopher Gable | Charles Auguste / Philippe Auguste |
Brian Cox | Henry II |
Ralph Michael | Hubert Walter |
Charles Kay | Louis VII |
Michael Byrne | Richard Lionheart |
Michael Hawkins | Richard De Lacy |
Patrick Troughton | William Marshal |
Lucy Gutteridge | Alys / Alys aged 16 |
Ian Hogg | William de Brieuse |
Brian Tully | Black Monk |
Lynsey Baxter | Isabelle |
Ralph Arliss | Geoffrey Bastard |
Roy Boyd | Ranulf de Glanville |
Zoë Wanamaker | Berengaria of Navarre |
Freddie Jones | Bertrand de Born |
Patsy Byrne | Florence |
Peter Benson | Blondel |
Brenda Bruce | Empress Matilda |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Richard Beynon | Producer |