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Dec 1978 - Apr 1985
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The BBC Television Shakespeare Episode Guide
Romeo & Juliet
S1 Ep1
3.7
3rd Dec 1978
Patrick Ryecart and Rebecca Saire play the star crossed lovers in one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays.
King Richard the Second
S1 Ep2
10th Dec 1978
Derek Jacobi is King Richard II in the second of the BBC's new productions of Shakespeare.
As You Like It
S1 Ep3
17th Dec 1978
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.
Julius Caesar
S1 Ep4
11th Feb 1979
Shakespeare's great political thriller tells the story of the conspiracy against Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of his conspirators.
Measure For Measure
S1 Ep5
18th Feb 1979
Shakespeare's classic comedy occasionally veers into more troublesome territory, as the characters face dark and ambiguous moral choices.
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
S1 Ep6
25th Feb 1979
Classic play by William Shakespeare starring John Stride, Timothy West, Ronald Pickup, and Claire Bloom.
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.
The first episode of The BBC Television Shakespeare aired on December 03, 1978.
The last episode of The BBC Television Shakespeare aired on April 27, 1985.
There are 69 episodes of The BBC Television Shakespeare.
There are 7 seasons of The BBC Television Shakespeare.