BBC Television Shakespeare
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BBC Television Shakespeare
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The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, the series spanned seven seasons and thirty-seven episodes.
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Series facts
Origins
Shakespeare on the BBC
Funding
Rejected plans
Realism
UK publicity
US publicity
Scheduling
Early restrictions
Seasons 1 and 2 (Cedric Messina, producer)
Seasons 3 and 4 (Jonathan Miller, producer)
Reception
Romeo and Juliet
Behind the scenes
Richard II (play)
As You Like It
Julius Caesar (play)
Measure for Measure
Henry VIII (play)
Henry IV, Part 1
Henry IV, Part 2
Henry V (play)
Twelfth Night
The Tempest
Hamlet
The Taming of the Shrew
The Merchant of Venice
All's Well That Ends Well
The Winter's Tale
Timon of Athens
Antony and Cleopatra
Othello
Troilus and Cressida
A Midsummer Night's Dream
King Lear
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Henry VI, Part 1
Henry VI, Part 2
Henry VI, Part 3
Richard III (play)
Cymbeline
Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Coriolanus
King John (play)
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Much Ado About Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
Titus Andronicus
Omissions and changes