BBC Television Shakespeare
1978-1985, comedy, drama
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...
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Romeo and Juliet
1978-12-03
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King Richard the Second
1978-12-10
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As You Like It
1978-12-17
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Julius Caesar
1979-02-11
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Measure For Measure
1979-02-18
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Henry VIII
1979-02-25
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King Henry the Fourth, Part I
1979-12-09
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King Henry the Fourth, Part II
1979-12-16
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King Henry the Fifth
1979-12-23
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Twelfth Night, or, What You Will
1980-01-06
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The Tempest
1980-02-27
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
1980-02-27
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The Taming of the Shrew
1980-10-23
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The Merchant of Venice
1980-02-17
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All's Well That Ends Well
1981-01-04
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The Winter's Tale
1981-02-08
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Timon of Athens
1981-04-16
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Antony and Cleopatra
1981-05-08
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Othello
1981-10-04
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Troilus and Cressida
1981-11-07
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1981-12-13
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King Lear
1982-09-19
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
1982-12-28
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King Henry the Sixth, Part I
1983-01-02
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King Henry the Sixth, Part II
1983-01-09
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King Henry the Sixth, Part III
1983-01-16
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The Tragedy of King Richard the Third
1983-01-23
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Cymbeline
1983-07-10
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Macbeth
1983-11-05
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The Comedy of Errors
1983-12-24
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The Two Gentlemen of Verona
1983-12-27
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus
1984-04-21
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The Life and Death of King John
1984-11-24
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Pericles, Prince of Tyre
1984-12-08
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Much Ado About Nothing
1984-12-22
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Love's Labour's Lost
1985-01-05
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Titus Andronicus
1985-04-27
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