The reign of England's King John is threatened by Philip of France who demands that John's nephew Arthur be placed on the throne. Pragmatic and decisive, King John moves to plactate the French, but there are others who seek disputre his authority.
Leonard Rossiter
as King John
Mary Morris
as Queen Elinor
John Thaw
as Hubert de Burgh
George Costigan
as Philip - the Bastard
Phyllida Law
as Lady Faulconbridge
Gorden Kaye
as Lymoges - Duke of Austria
Claire Bloom
as Constance
William Whymper
as Chatillon
Robert Brown
as Earl of Pembroke
John Castle
as Earl of Salisbury
John Flint
as Lord Bigot
Edward Hibbert
as Robert Faulconbridge