The BBC Television Shakespeare
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
Romeo & Juliet
Dec 03, 1978
King Richard the Second
Dec 10, 1978
As You Like It
Dec 17, 1978
Julius Caesar
Feb 11, 1979
Measure for Measure
Feb 18, 1979
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
Feb 25, 1979
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur
Dec 09, 1979
The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift
Dec 16, 1979
The Life of Henry the Fifth
Dec 23, 1979
Twelfth Night
Jan 06, 1980
The Tempest
Feb 27, 1980
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
May 25, 1980
The Taming of the Shrew
Oct 23, 1980
The Merchant of Venice
Dec 17, 1980
All's Well That Ends Well
Jan 04, 1981
The Winter's Tale
Feb 08, 1981
Timon of Athens
Apr 16, 1981
Antony and Cleopatra
May 08, 1981
Othello
Oct 04, 1981
Troilus and Cressida
Nov 07, 1981
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dec 13, 1981
King Lear
Sep 19, 1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Dec 28, 1982
The First Part of Henry the Sixth
Jan 02, 1983
The Second Part of Henry the Sixth
Jan 09, 1983
The Third Part of Henry the Sixth
Jan 16, 1983
The Tragedy of Richard III
Jan 23, 1983
Cymbeline
Jul 10, 1983
Macbeth
Nov 05, 1983
The Comedy of Errors
Dec 24, 1983
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Dec 27, 1983
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
Apr 21, 1984
The Life & Death of King John
Nov 24, 1984
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Dec 08, 1984
Much Ado About Nothing
Dec 22, 1984
Love's Labour's Lost
Jan 05, 1985
Titus Andronicus
Apr 27, 1985
