The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)
The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978)

Plot.
Where to Watch.

Currently The BBC Television Shakespeare is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Sky Go
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Cast & Crew.

Shaun Sutton
Producer

William Shakespeare
Theatre Play

Jonathan Miller
Director / Producer

David Giles
Director

Jane Howell
Director

Elijah Moshinsky
Director

John Gorrie
Director

Jack Gold
Director

David Hugh Jones
Director

Don Taylor
Director

Stuart Burge
Director

James Cellan Jones
Director

Basil Coleman
Director

Kevin Billington
Director

Rodney Bennett
Director

Herbert Wise
Director

David Giles
Director

Desmond Davis
Director

Alvin Rakoff
Director

Cedric Messina
Producer

Christopher Blake
Longaville

Frank Thornton
Gremio

Kate Nelligan
Isabella

David Rintoul
Lord Abergavenny

Nicky Henson
Demetrius

Phyllida Law
Lady Faulconbridge

Edward Hardwicke
Marcus

Bob Hoskins
Iago

Tony Church
Banished Duke

Jonathan Pryce
Timon

Frances Cuka
Doll Tearsheet

Alan David
Solanio

Colin McCormack
Dion

Jonathan Scott-Taylor
Lucius

Oliver Cotton
Earl of Surrey

Keith Drinkel
Lewis, the Dauphin

David Dixon
Ariel

Don Estelle
Starveling

Alan Rickman
Tybalt

John Thaw
Hubert de Burgh

Kenneth Colley
Duke

Nickolas Grace
The Soldier

Joe Gladwin
Old Gobbo

Kenneth Haigh
Achilles

James Cossins
Lucullus

Maurice Roëves
Antonio

Robert Eddison
Justice Robert Shallow

John Grillo
Oswald

Brian Glover
Bottom

John Fortune
Poet

Eileen Atkins
Tamora

Christopher Guard
Ferdinand

John Stride
Henry VIII

Jacqueline Hill
Lady Capulet

Ian Barritt
French Herald

Anna Quayle
Alice

David Prowse
Charles

Jonathan Hyde
Rosencrantz

John Clegg
Froth

Anthony Hopkins
Othello

Ralph Michael
Lord Chief Justice

Diana Dors
Timandra

Susan Penhaligon
Bianca

Benjamin Whitrow
Ulysses

John Savident
Friar John

Lynn Farleigh
Octavia

Lalla Ward
Ophelia

Enn Reitel
Lancelot Gobbo

John Castle
Earl of Salisbury

Thorley Walters
Charles the Sixth, King of France

Paul Brooke
Lavache

Anthony Quayle
Sir John Falstaff

Patrick Ryecart
Romeo

Adrienne Corri
Mistress Overdone

Patrick Stewart
Claudius

Colin Blakely
Antony

Gavin Richards
Lucius

Andrew Sachs
Trinculo

Angus Lennie
Curtis

Timothy West
Cardinal Wolsey

Kenneth Cranham
Gratiano

Edward Hibbert
Robert Faulconbridge

Charles Keating
Duke of Aumerle

John Welsh
Flavius

Sinéad Cusack
Olivia

Cyril Luckham
Antigonus

Trevor Baxter
Archbishop of Canterbury

Jonathan Cecil
Hortensio

John McEnery
Lucio

Richard Easton
Duke Frederick

David Waller
Alonso

Ann Pennington
Helen

Douglas Wilmer
The Duke of Venice

Jeremy Bulloch
Henry Percy

John Bailey
Sempronius

David Buck
Earl of Westmorland

Warren Clarke
Caliban

Virginia McKenna
Portia

Robert Stephens
Polixenes

Angharad Rees
Celia

Damien Thomas
Bagot

Warren Mitchell
Shylock

Phil Daniels
Puck

Leonard Rossiter
King John

Petra Markham
Katharine

Nicholas Gecks
Volumnius

Anthony Andrews
Mercutio

Clifford Rose
Boyet / Bishop of Carlisle

Nigel Hawthorne
Stephano

Jacqueline Pearce
Mariana

John Nettles
Bassanio

Margaret Tyzack
Paulina

Timothy Bateson
Sir Oliver Martext

John Cleese
Petruchio

Wendy Hiller
Aemelia / Duchess of York

Clive Swift
Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester / Lord Cerimon

Jack May
Lord Chancellor

Robert Hardy
Sir Toby Belch

Frank Williams
Officer / Dull

Dominic Jephcott
Second French Lord

Patrick Allen
King Simonides / Ghost of Hamlet's Father

Deddie Davies
Nurse

William Simons
Trebonius

Laurence Naismith
Prince Escalus

Ronnie Stevens
Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Richard Morant
Lorenzo

Peter McEnery
Oberon

Peter Whitbread
Calchas

Charles Lloyd Pack
Lord Sandys

James Bolam
Porter / Touchstone

Sarah Badel
Katherine

Peter Jeffrey
Parolles

Mary Morris
Duchess of Gloucester

Charles Kay
King Philip of France

Joan Hickson
Widow

Peter Vaughan
Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester

Geoffrey Palmer
Quince

Jane Lapotaire
Lady Macbeth / Cleopatra

Christopher Ettridge
Scarus

Seymour Green
First Senator

Ronald Forfar
Soothsayer

John Moulder-Brown
Hymen

Suzanne Burden
Cressida

Gemma Jones
Portia

Brenda Blethyn
Cordelia / Joan La Pucelle

Valentine Dyall
Adrian / Marcade

John Abineri
Bishop of Ely

Mike Gwilym
Aufidius / Berowne / Pericles

Clive Francis
Oliver

John Abbott
Second Gentleman

Richard Wordsworth
Cardinal Pandulph

Barbara Kellerman
Anne Bullen

Joolia Cappleman
Mariana

Bruce Purchase
Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland / Earl of Northumberland

John Burgess
Sicinius / Sir Nathaniel

Danny Webb
Servant

Susan Jameson
Nerissa

Alec McCowen
Malvolio / Chorus

Bryan Pringle
Pistol

Eric Porter
Polonius

Robin Sachs
Bushy

Robert Brown
Earl of Pembroke

Donald Sumpter
Pompeius

Keith Michell
Marcus Antonius

David Robb
Laertes

John Rhys-Davies
Salerio

Andrew MacLachlan
First Officer

Ronald Pickup
Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury

Nigel Davenport
Theseus

Emrys James
Enobarbus / First Player (King)

John Gielgud
Chorus / John of Gaunt

Anthony Pedley
Tranio / Brutus

Estelle Kohler
Hippolyta

Rosemary Leach
Widow of Florence / Emilia

David Lloyd Meredith
Corin

Arnold Diamond
Tubal

Jenny Laird
Lady Northumberland

Alun Armstrong
Provost

George Howe
Euphronius

Anna Calder-Marshall
Hermione / Lavinia

Paul Henry
Peter

Sylvia Coleridge
Old Lady, Anne Bullen's friend

David Burke
Camillo / Sir William Catesby

Marc Zuber
The Prince of Morocco

Pippa Guard
Miranda / Hermia

Noel Johnson
First Merchant / Publius

Stuart Fell
Player

Elizabeth Spriggs
Calphurnia / Mistress Quickly

Ellis Jones
Elbow

Victoria Plucknett
Phebe

Jeffrey Holland
William / Duke of Surrey

John Franklyn-Robbins
Antonio / Baptista

John Barron
Duke of Venice / Vincentio

Michael Kitchen
The Antipholi / Edmund

Brian Stirner
Orlando

Robert Morris
Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March

Jack McKenzie
Sir Nicholas Vaux

Jeremy Kemp
Duke of Norfolk / Leontes

Geoffrey Beevers
Third Player (Lucianus)

Rob Edwards
Prince John of Lancaster

Geoffrey Lumsden
Egeus / Philario

Nigel Lambert
Sir Thomas Lovell

David Gwillim
Henry, Prince of Wales / King Henry the Fifth

Danny Schiller
Musician

Rebecca Saire
Juliet

Vernon Dobtcheff
Agamemnon / Don John / Apothecary

Mohammad Shamsi
Mardian

Neil McCarthy
Abhorson

Christopher Strauli
Claudio / Benvolio

Jimmy Gardner
Clown

Felicity Kendal
Viola

Mark Wing-Davey
Earl of Warwick / Sir James Tyrrell/Sir James Blount (uncredited)/First Citizen (uncredited)

Annette Crosbie
Duchess of York / Dionyza / Maria

Paul Kelly
Publius/2nd Goth

Yolande Palfrey
Juliet

Joseph O'Conor
Friar Laurence

Christopher Northey
Paris

Michele Dotrice
Lady Percy / Lady Percy, Hotspur's Widow

Roger Davidson
Balthasar

Julian Glover
Duke of Buckingham / The Constable of France

Zulema Dene
Lady Montague

Darien Angadi
Alexas / Cinna

David Swift
Duke of Northumberland

Jonathan Adams
Ventidius

Bernard Hill
Duke of York / Master Gunner/Duke of York / First Murderer/Sir William Brandon (uncredited)/Sheriff of Wiltshire (uncred...

Janet Maw
Queen

Hugh Quarshie
Philostrate / Aaron

Alan Dalton
Green

Celia Johnson
Nurse / Countess of Rousillion

Jenny Agutter
Rosaline

Maureen Lipman
The Princess of France

Anton Lesser
Troilus / Edgar

David Warner
Don Armado

Geoffrey Chater
Nestor / Brabantio

Lee Montague
Leonato

Jon Finch
King Henry the Fourth / Don Pedro / Henry Bolingbroke

Katharine Levy
Hero

Jeremy Dimmick
Young Duke of York / Mamillius

Clive Dunn
Verges

Cherie Lunghi
Beatrice

Norman Rodway
Apemantus / Cleon of Tarsus / Earl of Gloucester

Robert Gwilym
Conrade

Michael Elphick
Dogberry

Richard Pasco
Jaques / Marcus Brutus

Tim Pigott-Smith
Angelo / Henry 'Hotspur' Percy

Penelope Wilton
Regan / Desdemona

John Woodvine
King Antiochus

Edward Petherbridge
Gower

John Bird
Pedant / Painter

Helen Mirren
Titania / Imogen / Rosalind

Amanda Redman
Marina

Juliet Stevenson
Thaisa

Tim Wylton
Fluellen / First Gravedigger

Trevor Peacock
Titus / Sheriff/Jack Cade / Lord Talbot / Feste

Peter Benson
King Henry VI / King Henry VI/Priest (uncredited) / Second Gravedigger

Joss Ackland
Menenius

Leon Lissek
Third Citizen

Alan Howard
Caius Marcius

Geoffrey Burridge
Guiderius / Dumain

Kevin Stoney
Escalus / Countess's Steward

Tessa Peake-Jones
Julia

Charles Gray
Duke of York / Pandarus / Solinus, Duke of Ephesus / Julius Caesar

Tony Haygarth
Launce

Paul Daneman
Duke of Milan

Graham Crowden
Caius Lucius / Friar Francis

Andrew Burt
Third Outlaw

Michael Byrne
John Hume/Ship's Lieutenant / Duke of Buckingham / Antonio / Duke of Alençon / Marquess of Montague/Father who killed hi...

Frank Barrie
Sir Eglamour

John Sterland
Marullus / Cornelius

Tony Steedman
Montano / Aeneas

Cyril Cusack
Aegeon

Roger Daltrey
The Dromios

Patsy Smart
Gentlewoman / Helen

John Woodnutt
Doctor / Panthino

Arthur Hewlett
Shepard / Adam / Priest

David Kelly
Balthazar

Ingrid Pitt
Courtezan

John Paul
Canidius / Montague

Derek Jacobi
Hamlet / King Richard

John Nettleton
Lord Chamberlain / Gonzalo

Eamon Boland
Seyton/Third Murderer

Richard Owens
Thomas Mowbray / Owen Glendower

Eileen Way
Second Witch

Howard Goorney
Second Senator / Soothsayer

Tony Doyle
Macduff

Claire Bloom
Katharine of Aragon / Queen / Constance / Gertrude

Mark Dignam
Duncan

Robert Lindsay
Iachimo / First French Lord / Lysander / Benedick / Fabian

Nicol Williamson
Macbeth

Christopher Ellison
Captain

Frank Middlemass
Cardinal Beaufort, Bishop of Winchester / Pompey / Bishop, later Cardinal, of Winchester / Fool

James Hazeldine
Malcolm

Ian Charleson
Fortinbras / Bertram / Octavius Caesar

Ian Hogg
Banquo

Jill Baker
Lady Macduff

Ron Cook
Richard Plantaganet/Alderman of St. Albans (uncredited) / Third Messenger to the King/Countess's Porter / Richard III / ...

Nicholas Young
Lord

Joanna McCallum
Virgilia / Countess d'Auvergne

Brenda Bruce
First Witch / Hostess Quickly / Mistress Quickly / Hostess

David Neal
Scroop, Archbishop of York / Proculeius

John Benfield
First Murderer/Ship's Master/Beadle of St. Albans (uncredited)/King's Messenger (uncredited)/1st Neighbour (uncredited) ...

Paul Jesson
Second Messenger to the King / George, Duke of Clarence / John Holland/George Plantagenet/John Southwell (uncredited)

Patricia Hayes
Soothsayer

Richard Johnson
Cymbeline

Michael Gough
Belarius

Marius Goring
Sicilius Leonatus

Michael Pennington
Posthumus

Judy Davis
Mistress Ford

Prunella Scales
Mistress Page

Nigel Terry
Pistol

Gordon Gostelow
Bardolph

Ben Kingsley
Frank Ford

Michael Robbins
Nym

Richard O'Callaghan
Slender

Ralph Brown
John

Bryan Marshall
George Page

Alan Bennett
Justice Shallow

Michael Bryant
Doctor Caius

Richard Griffiths
Sir John Falstaff

Simon Chandler
Fenton

Tenniel Evans
Stanley, Earl of Derby/Archbishop of York / Sir Hugh Evans / Duke of Bedford/Mortimer, Earl of March/French General

Esmond Knight
Priam / Lepidus / Old Capulet

Julia Foster
Queen Margaret / Margaret, Daughter of Reignier

Michael Hordern
Lafeu / King Lear / Prospero / Capulet / Jupiter

Derek Farr
Sir Robert Brackenbury/Earl of Surrey/Scrivener (uncredited)/Third Citizen (uncredited)/Bishop of Ely (uncredited) / Ear...

Ian Puleston-Davies
Second Company

David Daker
Lord Hastings

Zoë Wanamaker
Lady Anne
Media.


Details.
This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
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.
Development began in 1975 when Messina saw that the grounds of Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's As You Like It for the Play of the Month series. Upon returning to London, however, he had come to envision an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. When he encountered a less than enthusiastic response from the BBC's departmental heads, Messina bypassed the usual channels and took his idea directly to the top of the BBC hierarchy, who greenlighted the show. Experiencing financial, logistical and creative problems in the early days of production, Messina persevered and served as executive producer for two years. When he was replaced by Jonathan Miller at the start of season three, the show experienced something of a creative renaissance as strictures on the directors' interpretations of the plays were loosened, a policy continued under Shaun Sutton, who took over as executive producer for seasons five, six and seven. By the end of its run, the series had proved both a ratings and a financial success.
Initially, the adaptations received generally negative reviews, although the reception improved somewhat as the series went on, and directors were allowed more freedom, leading to interpretations becoming more daring. Several episodes are now held in high esteem, particularly some of the traditionally lesser-known and less frequently staged plays. The complete set is a popular collection, and several episodes represent the only non-theatrical production of the particular play currently available on DVD. From 26 May 2020, all 37 plays became available to stream in North America via BritBox.
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