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.
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Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Romeo and Juliet | 1978-12-03 | 150 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | King Richard the Second | 1978-12-10 | 150 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | As You Like It | 1978-12-17 | 150 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Julius Caesar | 1979-02-11 | 150 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Measure for Measure | 1979-02-18 | 150 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | King Henry the Eighth | 1979-02-25 | 150 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | King Henry the Fourth, Part I | 1979-12-09 | 150 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | King Henry the Fourth, Part II | 1979-12-16 | 150 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | King Henry the Fifth | 1979-12-23 | 150 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Twelfth Night, or, What You Will | 1980-01-06 | 150 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Tempest | 1980-02-27 | 150 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Hamlet, Prince of Denmark | 1980-02-27 | 150 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Taming of the Shrew | 1980-10-23 | 150 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | The Merchant of Venice | 1980-02-17 | 150 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | All's Well That Ends Well | 1981-01-04 | 150 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | The Winter's Tale | 1981-02-08 | 150 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Timon of Athens | 1981-04-16 | 150 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | Antony and Cleopatra | 1981-05-08 | 150 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | Othello | 1981-10-04 | 150 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | Troilus and Cressida | 1981-11-07 | 150 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | A Midsummer Night's Dream | 1981-12-13 | 150 min |
Season 5 | Episode 1 | King Lear | 1982-09-19 | 150 min |
Season 5 | Episode 2 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | 1982-12-28 | 150 min |
Season 5 | Episode 3 | King Henry the Sixth, Part I | 1983-01-02 | 150 min |
Season 5 | Episode 4 | King Henry the Sixth, Part II | 1983-01-09 | 150 min |
Season 5 | Episode 5 | King Henry the Sixth, Part III | 1983-01-16 | 150 min |
Season 5 | Episode 6 | The Tragedy of Richard III | 1983-01-23 | 150 min |
Season 6 | Episode 1 | Cymbeline | 1983-07-10 | 150 min |
Season 6 | Episode 2 | Macbeth | 1983-11-05 | 150 min |
Season 6 | Episode 3 | The Comedy of Errors | 1983-12-24 | 150 min |
Season 6 | Episode 4 | The Two Gentlemen of Verona | 1983-12-27 | 150 min |
Season 6 | Episode 5 | The Tragedy of Coriolanus | 1984-04-21 | 150 min |
Season 7 | Episode 1 | The Life and Death of King John | 1984-11-24 | 150 min |
Season 7 | Episode 2 | Pericles, Prince of Tyre | 1984-12-08 | 150 min |
Season 7 | Episode 3 | Much Ado About Nothing | 1984-12-22 | 150 min |
Season 7 | Episode 4 | Love's Labour's Lost | 1985-01-05 | 150 min |
Season 7 | Episode 5 | Titus Andronicus | 1985-04-27 | 150 min |
Production | Shaun Sutton | Producer |