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The BBC Television Shakespeare

The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)

December. 03,1978
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The BBC Television Shakespeare

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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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 & Episode

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Seasons 1 : 1978

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37 Episode

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Episode 1 - Romeo & Juliet
December. 03,1978
Episode 2 - King Richard the Second
December. 10,1978
Episode 3 - As You Like It
December. 17,1978
Episode 4 - Julius Caesar
February. 11,1979
Episode 5 - Measure for Measure
February. 18,1979
Episode 6 - The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
February. 25,1979
Episode 7 - The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur
December. 09,1979
Episode 8 - The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift
December. 16,1979
Episode 9 - The Life of Henry the Fift
December. 23,1979
Episode 10 - Twelfth Night
January. 06,1980
Episode 11 - The Tempest
February. 27,1980
Episode 12 - Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
May. 25,1980
Episode 13 - The Taming of the Shrew
October. 23,1980
Episode 14 - The Merchant of Venice
December. 17,1980
Episode 15 - All's Well That Ends Well
January. 04,1981
Episode 16 - The Winter's Tale
February. 08,1981
Episode 17 - Timon of Athens
April. 16,1981
Episode 18 - Antony and Cleopatra
May. 08,1981
Episode 19 - Othello
October. 04,1981
Episode 20 - Troilus and Cressida
November. 07,1981
Episode 21 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
December. 13,1981
Episode 22 - King Lear
September. 19,1982
Episode 23 - The Merry Wives of Windsor
December. 28,1982
Episode 24 - The First Part of Henry the Sixt
January. 02,1983
Episode 25 - The Second Part of Henry the Sixt
January. 09,1983
Episode 26 - The Third Part of Henry the Sixt
January. 16,1983
Episode 27 - The Tragedy of Richard III
January. 23,1983
Episode 28 - Cymbeline
July. 10,1983
Episode 29 - Macbeth
November. 05,1983
Episode 30 - The Comedy of Errors
December. 24,1983
Episode 31 - The Two Gentlemen of Verona
December. 27,1983
Episode 32 - The Tragedy of Coriolanus
April. 21,1984
Episode 33 - The Life and Death of King John
November. 24,1984
Episode 34 - Pericles, Prince of Tyre
December. 08,1984
Episode 35 - Much Ado About Nothing
December. 22,1984
Episode 36 - Love's Labour's Lost
January. 05,1985
Episode 37 - Titus Andronicus
April. 27,1985

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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