The BBC Television Shakespeare
TV
Type
1978
Year
1 Season
Seasons
★ 6.0
Rating
Drama / Comedy
Genre
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.
Where to watch
Episodes
1. Romeo & Juliet
2. King Richard the Second
3. As You Like It
4. Julius Caesar
5. Measure for Measure
6. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
7. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur
8. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift
9. The Life of Henry the Fifth
10. Twelfth Night
11. The Tempest
12. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
13. The Taming of the Shrew
14. The Merchant of Venice
15. All's Well That Ends Well
16. The Winter's Tale
17. Timon of Athens
18. Antony and Cleopatra
19. Othello
20. Troilus and Cressida
21. A Midsummer Night's Dream
22. King Lear
23. The Merry Wives of Windsor
24. The First Part of Henry the Sixth
25. The Second Part of Henry the Sixth
26. The Third Part of Henry the Sixth
27. The Tragedy of Richard III
28. Cymbeline
29. Macbeth
30. The Comedy of Errors
31. The Two Gentlemen of Verona
32. The Tragedy of Coriolanus
33. The Life & Death of King John
34. Pericles, Prince of Tyre
35. Much Ado About Nothing
36. Love's Labour's Lost
37. Titus Andronicus