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Much About About Nothing (2008 Video)
- Director
- Nicholas Hytner
A three-camera recording of Nicholas Hytner’s 2007 production of Much Ado About Nothing for the National Theatre with Simon Russell Beale as Benedick and Zoe Wanamaker as Beatrice.
Happiness (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- Elizabeth Arno
Radio programme on the theme of happiness curated and introduced by Simon Russell Beale. The programme ends with ‘Now until the break of day’ from A Midsummer Night’s Dream read by John Rogan and an...
Kingdom [17/02/2008] (2008 Television)
- Series
- Kingdom
- Director
- Ed Hall
- Producer
- Georgina Lowe
Comedy drama series created by Simon Wheeler and starring Stephen Fry as Peter Kingdom, a Norfolk-based solicitor who is coping with family, colleagues, and the locals who come to him for legal assistance....
King Lear (2008 Multimedia, Radio)
aka: Lear
- Series
- In Our Time
- Producer
- James Cook
Radio broadcast. In this episode of the programme on the history of ideas, host Melvyn Bragg discusses Shakespeare’s King Lear with guests Jonathan Bate, Catherine Belsey and Katherine Duncan-Jones. Issues...
Interview: Dominic Dromgoole (2008 Audio, Multimedia)
Online audio recording of an interview with the artistic director of Shakepeare’s Globe Theatre, Dominic Dromgoole. Dromgoole talks to Heather Neill about the 2008 Shakespeare season at the Globe,...
Shakespeare’s Secrets (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Front Row
- Producer
- Sally Spurring
Special Shakespeare edition of the radio arts review programme presented by Mark Lawson. Examines why the life and works of William Shakespeare continue to inspire so many books, ranging from historical...
Curse of Steptoe, The (2008 Television)
- Director
- Michael Samuels
- Producer
- Brian Bickerton
Television drama about the relationship, on and off screen, of Harry H. Corbett and Wilfrid Brambell who played Harold and Albert Steptoe in the television sitcom STEPTOE AND SO written by Ray Galton and...
Change in the Weather, A (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Words and Music
- Producer
- Elizabeth Funning
Radio programme marking 85 years of weather forecasting on the BBC with poetry and music. The programme includes an excerpt from Shakespeare’s King Lear ('Blow wind and crack your cheeks’) read by Mark...
Front Row [08/04/2008] (2008 Radio)
- Series
- Front Row
Radio arts review programme presented by Mark Lawson. Includes a 7-minute report on a strange gap in the BBC Television Shakespeare series: the 1978 production of Much Ado About Nothing (dir. Donald...
Iain Burnside [20/04/2008] (2008 Radio)
aka: Shakespeare’s Birthday
- Series
- Iain Burnside
Radio broadcast. To mark Shakespeare’s 444th birthday, pianist and presenter Iain Burnside presents music inspired by Shakespeare and talks to guest Nicholas Hytner, director. The playlist ranges from...