The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
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.
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Seasons
Season 1
Episodes season 1
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1x1
Romeo & juliet
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1x2
King richard the second
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1x3
As you like it
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1x4
Julius caesar
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1x5
Measure for measure
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1x6
The famous history of the life of king henry the eight
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1x7
The first part of king henry the fourth with the life and death of henry surnamed hotspur
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1x8
The second part of king henry the fourth containing his death: and the coronation of king henry the fift
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1x9
The life of henry the fifth
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1x10
Twelfth night
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1x11
The tempest
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1x12
Hamlet, prince of denmark
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1x13
The taming of the shrew
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1x14
The merchant of venice
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1x15
All's well that ends well
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1x16
The winter's tale
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1x17
Timon of athens
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1x18
Antony and cleopatra
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1x19
Othello
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1x20
Troilus and cressida
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1x21
A midsummer night's dream
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1x22
King lear
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1x23
The merry wives of windsor
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1x24
The first part of henry the sixth
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1x25
The second part of henry the sixth
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1x26
The third part of henry the sixth
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1x27
The tragedy of richard iii
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1x28
Cymbeline
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1x29
Macbeth
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1x30
The comedy of errors
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1x31
The two gentlemen of verona
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1x32
The tragedy of coriolanus
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1x33
The life & death of king john
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1x34
Pericles, prince of tyre
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1x35
Much ado about nothing
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1x36
Love's labour's lost
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1x37
Titus andronicus
