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  • Shakespeare Special (2020 Television)

    Series
    Auction

    Documentary. This episode of the Auction series looks at the history of the 1623 Shakespeare First Folio and covers the sale of a copy - from Mills College, California - at Christie’s in New York on 14...

  • Cleopatra and Me: In Search of a Lost Queen (2019 Television)

    Director
    Kieron Townend

    Shakespeare scholar Dr Islam Issa explores different representations of Cleopatra - the heroine of ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ or the seductress seen in Hollywood movies. Josette Simon discusses her playing...

  • Scuffles, Swagger and Shakespeare: The Hidden Story of English (2019 Television)

    Director
    Chris Nikkel

    Shakespeare is often credited with revolutionising English, but is the real story more complex? Dr John Gallagher uncovers the surprising tale of how English conquered the world. Contributors to the...

  • Romeo and Juliet: Beyond Words (2019 Television)

    Director
    Michael Nunn

    Feature-length adaptation of Sir Kenneth MacMillan’s version of the Prokofiev ballet starring William Bracewell as Romeo, Francesca Hayward as Juliet with members of The Royal Ballet. Shakespeare’s story...

  • Macbeth (2019 Television)

    Series
    Sar Sgeoil

    Cathy MacDonald finds the Gaelic roots of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, and explores the landscape where the real history happened. Cathy discovers that the real King Macbeth was very different to Shakespeare’s...

  • Celebrity 5 Go Barging [16/08/2019] (2019 Television)

    Series
    Celebrity 5 Go Barging
    Director
    Katie Greaves; Kate Wilkinson (2)
    Producer
    Katie Greaves; Kate Wilkinson (2)

    Travelogue series. Michael Buerk, Shaun Williamson, Amanda Barrie, Anita Harris and Lord John Prescott cruise into Shakespeare country, whip up some Elizabethan hooch and play at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

  • Hamlet (2018 Television)

    Director
    Robert Icke; Rhodri Huw
    Producer
    John Wyver

    A broadcast of an as-live recording from the Harold Pinter Theatre of Robert Icke’s production of Hamlet starring Andrew Scott. Directed for the screen by Rhodri Huw.

  • King Lear (2018 Television)

    Director
    Richard Eyre
    Producer
    Noëlette Buckley

    In an alternative present, England is ruled by a military dictator, King Lear (Anthony Hopkins). In deciding upon his successor, Lear makes the mistake of being swayed by the flattery of his perspective...

  • Drunk History (2018 Television)

    Series
    Drunk History
    Director
    Tom McKay
    Producer
    Ben Rogers

    Leaving his wife and children behind in Stratford, William Shakespeare goes to London to promote the Henry VI trilogy and make his fortune.

  • Julius Caesar Revealed (2018 Television)

    Director
    Alexander Leith; Russell England

    Mary Beard questions Shakespeare’s depiction of the most famous Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar as she goes on a mission to discover who he really was and his lasting legacy.