Ken Dodd: In His Own Words (2017 Television)

aka: Ken Dodd: My Life - In His Own Words

Director

Liam Carroll

Producer

Liam Carroll

Reflecting on his long and varied career in show business; British comedian, Ken Dodd, describes his forays into Shakespeare. Fellow actor and friends describe his talent for Shakespearean theatre focussing...

Michael Whitmore: The Wisdom of Will (2017 Audio, Television)

aka: Shakespeare’s Birthday Lecture 2017: Michael Whitmore

Shakespeare Scholar and Director of the Folger Institute, Michael Whitmore marks the Bard’s birthday with an exploration of ten of many widsom’s that Shakespeare espoused on the subjects of people,...

Shakespeare (2016 Television)

Series

Class Dismissed

Director

Damian Farrell

Producer

Claire McCarthy

Comedy sketch series following four Year 8 pupils as they grapple with everyday life at an extraordinary school. It is Shakespeare Day at Dockbridge High. In each 15 minute episode of Class Dismissed,...

Shakespeare’s Tomb (2016 Television)

Producer

Sophie Elwin Harris

A documentary on an archaeological investigation of Shakespeare’s tomb presented by historian Dr Helen Castor. For decades, all requests to perform archaeology at the grave have been turned down by Holy...

Shakespeares Ietze Runde (2016 Television)

aka: Will’s Grills

Director

Achim Bornhak

German television drama. Characters from various plays meet in present times in a posh Berlin hotel.

Big Questions, The [10/04/2016] (2016 Television)

Series

Big Questions, The

Director

Rob Hopkin

Series presenting, moral, ethical and religious issues. Nicky Campbell presents a specially recorded programme from Manor CE Academy, York. In honour of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, he...

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016 Television)

Director

Bridget Caldwell; Gregory Doran

Producer

Catherine Sirk; John Wyver

David Tennant and Catherine Tate host a celebration of the life and legacy of Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death. Among those joining them on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre are Judi...

All the World’s a Screen: Shakespeare on Film (2016 Television)

Series

Arena

Director

David Thompson

Producer

David Thompson; Adrian Wootton

Documentary. Explores the history of films based on Shakespeare’s plays. There are interview extracts with Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, Roman Polanski, Akira Kurosawa, Orson Welles, Franco...

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (2016 Television)

Series

Cbeebies Presents

Director

Ian Russell

Children’s programme aimed at the under 5s. Swashbuckle’s Cook and Line help William Shakespeare put together a production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Filmed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool.

Shakespeare Special (2016 Television)

Series

Countryfile

Producer

Joanna Brame

Television magazine series on the British countryside. To mark the 400 years since Shakespeare’s death, Countryfile travels the country in search of the landscapes that inspired Shakespeare in his...