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Series | The BBC Television Shakespeare

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Drama Comedy

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.

Created by

Cedric Messina

Directed by

Jonathan Miller Jane Howell David Giles Elijah Moshinsky John Gorrie Jack Gold David Hugh Jones Rodney Bennett Kevin Billington Alvin Rakoff Desmond Davis James Cellan Jones Herbert Wise Don Taylor Stuart Burge Basil Coleman

Cast

Jon Finch

Guest stars

Michael Hordern David Gwillim Helen Mirren John Gielgud Charles Gray Jeffrey Holland Richard Pasco Derek Jacobi David Collings Robert Brown Patrick Ryecart Rebecca Saire Celia Johnson Joseph O'Conor Laurence Naismith Anthony Andrews Alan Rickman Jacqueline Hill Christopher Strauli Christopher Northey Paul Henry Roger Davidson John Paul Zulema Dene Esmond Knight David Sibley Wendy Hiller Mary Morris David Swift Clifford Rose Charles Keating Richard Owens Janet Maw Jeremy Bulloch Robin Sachs Damien Thomas Alan Dalton David Dodimead John Flint Brian Stirner Angharad Rees James Bolam Clive Francis Richard Easton Tony Church John Quentin Maynard Williams Victoria Plucknett Marilyn Le Conte Tom McDonnell David Lloyd Meredith Arthur Hewlett Timothy Bateson David Prowse Keith Michell Kenneth Colley Kate Nelligan Tim Pigott-Smith Alun Armstrong John Stride Julian Glover Ronald Pickup David Buck John Abineri Clive Arrindell Annette Crosbie Sinéad Cusack Robert Hardy Felicity Kendal Robert Lindsay Trevor Peacock Nigel Hawthorne Warren Clarke Claire Bloom Patrick Stewart Sarah Badel John Bird Joan Hickson John Franklyn-Robbins Gemma Jones John Rhys-Davies Paul Brooke Zoë Wanamaker Paul Jesson Nicol Williamson Jane Lapotaire Michael Byrne Joss Ackland Patrick Godfrey Leonard Rossiter John Castle John Thaw Richard Griffiths Elizabeth Spriggs Judy Davis Prunella Scales Ben Kingsley Mike Gwilym Juliet Stevenson Amanda Redman Phil Daniels Brian Glover Richard Johnson Jonathan Kent Maureen Lipman Roger Daltrey Michael Kitchen

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1984-11-24

Much Ado About Nothing

1984-11-30

Love's Labour's Lost

1985-01-05

Titus Andronicus

1985-04-27