S01E01 Romeo & Juliet
Patrick Ryecart and Rebecca Saire play the star crossed lovers in one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays.
The BBC Television Shakespeare
S01E16: Episode 16
Overview
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.
Episodes
S01E02 King Richard the Second
Derek Jacobi is King Richard II in the second of the BBC's new productions of Shakespeare.
S01E03 As You Like It
Classic comedy by William Shakespeare about the travails of lovers Rosalind and Orlando, who become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity.
S01E04 Julius Caesar
Shakespeare's great political thriller tells the story of the conspiracy against Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of his conspirators.
S01E05 Measure For Measure
Shakespeare's classic comedy occasionally veers into more troublesome territory, as the characters face dark and ambiguous moral choices.
S01E06 The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
Classic play by William Shakespeare starring John Stride, Timothy West, Ronald Pickup, and Claire Bloom.
S01E07 Episode 7
S01E08 Episode 8
S01E09 Episode 9
S01E10 Episode 10
S01E11 Episode 11
S01E12 Episode 12
S01E13 Episode 13
S01E14 Episode 14
S01E15 Episode 15
S01E16 Episode 16
S01E17 Episode 17
S01E18 Episode 18
S01E19 Episode 19
S01E20 Episode 20
S01E21 Episode 21
S01E22 Episode 22
S01E23 Episode 23
S01E24 Episode 24
S01E25 Episode 25
S01E26 Episode 26
S01E27 Episode 27
S01E28 Episode 28
