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  • Unbelievable Truth, The [26/05/2008] (2008 Radio)

    Series
    Unbelievable Truth, The
    Producer
    John Naismith

    Radio game show hosted by comedian David Mitchell in which each panellist takes turns on presenting a short lecture on a given subject. The lecture is built on lies - opponents have to try locate the...

  • Write Stuff, The [06/10/2008] (2008 Radio)

    Series
    Write Stuff, The
    Producer
    Katie Marsden; Sam Michell

    BBC Radio 4’s literary game show. This episode includes pastiches of Shakespeare’s works (excerpts from Shakespeare’s sonnet 18 and Hamlet) rewritten in the style of Raymond Chandler, who is the...

  • Write Stuff, The [12/03/2007] (2007 Radio)

    Series
    Write Stuff, The
    Producer
    Katie Marsden

    Shakespeare figures as a subject for quizzing in BBC Radio 4’s literary game show ‘The Write Stuff’. James Walton chairs the game of literary correctness. Author of the week, and subject for questions...

  • Mastermind [16/08/2005] (2005 Television)

    Series
    Mastermind

    BBC television quiz show. In this episode one contestant chose as their specialist subject ‘The History Plays of Shakespeare’. Question master - John Humphrys.

  • Robbie Williams V Shakespeare (2002 Television)

    Series
    Swapheads
    Producer
    Atul Malhotra

    Television specialist knowledge quiz show hosted by Johnny Ball. Contestants research the chosen subject of their opponent. In this episode an expert on Shakespeare is in competition with a Robbie Williams...

  • Bardbrain of Britain (1994 Television)

    Director
    Janet Fraser Cook
    Producer
    Franny Moyle

    A one-off quiz, comprising five rounds, in which four Shakespeare fans answer questions on Shakespeare competing for the title King or Queen of Shakespeariana. Questions include ‘how many Antonios are...

  • Brush Up Your Shakespeare (1994 Radio)

    Producer
    Jenny Bowen

    Radio quiz show with Christopher Cook in the chair. Actress Juliet Stevenson and writer Germaine Greer lead the teams, testing their knowledge of Shakespeare’s work as well as their imagination in...

  • Shakespeare (1983 Television)

    Series
    3-2-1
    Director
    Terry Henebery

    Television quiz shot hosted by Ted Rogers. This episode, transmitted on Shakespeare’s birthday, is devoted to questions about the man and his work. Questions set by Deborah Sutherland.

  • Mastermind: The Final (1983 Television)

    Series
    Mastermind
    Director
    Laurence Vulliamy
    Producer
    Roger Mackay

    Quiz show presented by Magnus Magnusson. The contestants are Christopher Hughes (British steam locomotives), Margaret Peat (life of Richard III), Alex Yates (slavery and the slave trade) and Kathryn Tyson...

  • My Word! From Stratford (1964 Radio)

    aka: My Bard!

    Series
    My Word!
    Producer
    Tony Shyrane

    Radio game show. To mark the quatercentenary, this special edition of the word-game series is devoted to Shakespeare’s works. Dilys Powell, Nancy Spain, Frank Muir and Denis Norden can be heard in the...