For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email or phone 020 3353 3857. The films were commissioned by Ben Stephenson, BBC drama controller, and BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow, and form part of the BBC's Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival programming. Henry V has been adapted by Ben Power, National Theatre associate director. The BBC2 Shakespeare films are being co-produced by Neal Street, NBC Universal International and US public service broadcaster WNET. Mendes is executive producing the Shakespeare project with Pippa Harris, of Neal Street Productions, and NBC Universal International's Gareth Neame. The history plays have not been adapted by the corporation for TV since 19, during the BBC Television Shakespeare project, which brought the playwright's entire body of theatre work to screen over seven years.
Richard II wrapped in July, with Ben Whishaw taking the lead role in a cast that also included Rory Kinnear, Patrick Stewart, David Suchet, Clémence Poésy and Lindsay Duncan. Henry IV is due to begin filming in January. Henry IV will be directed by Sir Richard Eyre, the former director of the National Theatre, with Thea Sharrock taking directing duties on Henry V, which goes into production later this year.
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