The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast...
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production is King John from 1899. NOTE: "ShakespeaRe-Told", "The Animated Shakespeare" and "BBC Television Shakespeare" series have been covered above, under...
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Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators is a British drama mystery television series set in Stratford-upon-Avon and produced by BBC Birmingham....
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The Taming of the Shrew on screen (category Television shows based on plays)
and Richard Burton in 1967. On television, perhaps the most significant adaptation is the 1980 BBC Television Shakespeare version, directed by Jonathan...
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Bernard Hill (category English male television actors)
Performance by an Actor. He also appeared on television in I, Claudius (1976), the BBC Television Shakespeare productions of Henry VI, Part 1, 2, and 3,...
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Suzanne Bertish (category English television actresses)
roles in the 1982 television version of the complete play. She was later seen in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Shakespeare's The Comedy of...
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Helen Mirren on screen and stage (section Television)
Revenger's Tragedy, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, 1967 Diana, All's Well That Ends Well, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon...
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Rebecca Saire (category English television actresses)
attention when, at the age of fourteen, she played Juliet for the BBC Television Shakespeare series. Sybil in Private Lives (National Theatre) Eliante in The...
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Prunella Scales (category Television personalities from Surrey)
For the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982) she played Mistress Page and in the Theatre Night series (BBC) she appeared...
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Gemma Jones (category Best Supporting Actress BAFTA Award (television) winners)
of Duke Street. In 1980, she played the role of Portia in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Merchant of Venice, opposite Warren Mitchell's...
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Penelope Wilton (category English television actresses)
Wilton then had several major TV roles, including two of the BBC Television Shakespeare productions (as Desdemona in Othello and Regan in King Lear )...
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Paul Chapman (actor) (category English male television actors)
the Nog. In the early 1980s he appeared in several roles in the BBC Television Shakespeare. He was known in the late 1980s for playing Harwell Mincing in...
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Trevor Peacock (category Royal Shakespeare Company members)
theatre actor, including for his roles in Shakespeare. He later became known for playing Jim Trott in the BBC comedy series The Vicar of Dibley. His song...
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Alun Armstrong (category Royal Shakespeare Company members)
eight-hour Royal Shakespeare Company stage adaptation of The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby that was filmed for television in 1982. He has appeared...
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Ramaz Chkhikvadze The Tragedy of Richard III (1983 film), part of BBC Television Shakespeare Richard III (1986 film), a French film with Ariel García Valdés;...
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Alan Rickman on screen and stage (section Television)
The Tempest | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust". collections.shakespeare.org.uk. "RSC Performances | CAP197806 - Captain Swing | Shakespeare Birthplace Trust"...
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directed by Jo Baier. BBC Television Shakespeare Season Two - The First Part of King Henry the Fourth (1979) BBC Television Shakespeare Season Two - The Second...
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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (also known as The Animated Shakespeare) is a series of twelve half-hour animated television adaptations of the plays of...
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Derek Jacobi (category Royal Shakespeare Company members)
BBC Television Shakespeare production of Richard II, with Sir John Gielgud and Dame Wendy Hiller. In 1980, Jacobi took the leading role in the BBC's Hamlet...
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This is a list of television programmes broadcast by the BBC either currently or previously broadcast on the BBC in the United Kingdom. Programmes in this...
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the concluding scene should be staged. Elijah Moshinsky in his BBC Television Shakespeare version in 1981 had his Bertram (Ian Charleson) give Helena a...
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John Stride (category English male television actors)
Macbeth (1971) he played the role of Ross. For the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Shakespeare's Henry VIII (1979), he was cast in the title role...
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by William Shakespeare. Comedy of Errors may also refer to: The Comedy of Errors (musical), adapted by Trevor Nunn BBC Television Shakespeare - Season Six...
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Kate Nelligan (category Canadian television actresses)
Licking Hitler, for BBC television. Again on screen, in 1978 Nelligan played the part of Isabella in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of Measure...
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Leonard Rossiter (category English male television actors)
Channel 4 in 1983. Rossiter also played the title role in the BBC Television Shakespeare production of The Life and Death of King John (1984). His last...
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comedy by William Shakespeare. Much Ado About Nothing may also refer to: Much Ado About Nothing (1973 film) BBC Television Shakespeare – Season Seven –...
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Prospero (section Film and television)
PROS-pər-o) is a fictional character and the protagonist of William Shakespeare's The Tempest. Twelve years before the play begins, Prospero is usurped...
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Jeffrey Holland (actor) (category English male television actors)
well known for roles in television sitcoms, playing comic Spike Dixon at the 'Maplin's holiday camp' in Hi-de-Hi!, as well as BBC Radio comedy, including...
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Timothy West (category Royal Shakespeare Company members)
Broken Biscuits". www.bbc.co.uk. "BBC One – Shakespeare & Hathaway – Private Investigators, Series 1, The Chimes at Midnight". BBC. Terrace, Vincent (15...
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Richard II (play), a play by William Shakespeare "King Richard the Second", a 1978 episode of BBC Television Shakespeare Richard II (2012 film) Thomas of...
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