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Status: Ended
First Aired: December 3, 1978
Seasons: 7
Episodes: 69
Networks: BBC Two
Genres: Drama, Comedy

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The BBC Television Shakespeare(1978)

TMDB Rating: 5.2 (5 votes)

Overview

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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Season 1

37 episodes • 1978Avg: 8.0Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Romeo & Juliet	Dec 3, 1978	8.0
2	King Richard the Second	Dec 10, 1978	0.0
3	As You Like It	Dec 17, 1978	0.0
4	Julius Caesar	Feb 11, 1979	0.0
5	Measure For Measure	Feb 18, 1979	0.0
6	The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight	Feb 25, 1979	0.0
7	Episode 7	TBA	0.0
8	Episode 8	TBA	0.0
9	Episode 9	TBA	0.0
10	Episode 10	TBA	0.0
11	Episode 11	TBA	0.0
12	Episode 12	TBA	0.0
13	Episode 13	TBA	0.0
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15	Episode 15	TBA	0.0
16	Episode 16	TBA	0.0
17	Episode 17	TBA	0.0
18	Episode 18	TBA	0.0
19	Episode 19	TBA	0.0
20	Episode 20	TBA	0.0
21	Episode 21	TBA	0.0
22	Episode 22	TBA	0.0
23	Episode 23	TBA	0.0
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25	Episode 25	TBA	0.0
26	Episode 26	TBA	0.0
27	Episode 27	TBA	0.0
28	Episode 28	TBA	0.0
29	Episode 29	TBA	0.0
30	Episode 30	TBA	0.0
31	Episode 31	TBA	0.0
32	Episode 32	TBA	0.0
33	Episode 33	TBA	0.0
34	Episode 34	TBA	0.0
35	Episode 35	TBA	0.0
36	Episode 36	TBA	0.0
37	Episode 37	TBA	0.0

Season 2

6 episodes • 1979

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur	Dec 9, 1979
2	The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift	Dec 16, 1979
3	The Life of Henry the Fift	Dec 23, 1979
4	Twelfth Night	Jan 6, 1980
5	The Tempest	Feb 27, 1980
6	Hamlet, Prince of Denmark	May 25, 1980

Season 3

6 episodes • 1980

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Taming of the Shrew	Oct 23, 1980
2	The Merchant of Venice	Dec 17, 1980
3	All's Well That Ends Well	Jan 4, 1981
4	The Winter's Tale	Feb 8, 1981
5	Timon of Athens	Apr 16, 1981
6	Antony and Cleopatra	May 8, 1981

Season 4

3 episodes • 1981

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Othello	Oct 4, 1981
2	Troilus and Cressida	Nov 7, 1981
3	A Midsummer Night's Dream	Dec 13, 1981

Season 5

7 episodes • 1982

#	Episode	Air Date
1	King Lear	Sep 19, 1982
2	The Merry Wives of Windsor	Dec 28, 1982
3	The First Part of Henry the Sixt	Jan 2, 1983
4	The Second Part of Henry the Sixt	Jan 9, 1983
5	The Third Part of Henry the Sixt	Jan 16, 1983
6	The Tragedy of Richard III	Jan 23, 1983
7	The Tragedy of Richard III	Jan 23, 1983

Season 6

5 episodes • 1983

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Cymbeline	Jul 10, 1983
2	Macbeth	Nov 5, 1983
3	The Comedy of Errors	Dec 24, 1983
4	The Two Gentlemen of Verona	Dec 27, 1983
5	The Tragedy of Coriolanus	Apr 21, 1984

Season 7

5 episodes • 1984

#	Episode	Air Date
1	The Life & Death of King John	Nov 24, 1984
2	Pericles, Prince of Tyre	Dec 8, 1984
3	Much Ado About Nothing	Dec 22, 1984
4	Love's Labour's Lost	Jan 5, 1985
5	Titus Andronicus	Apr 27, 1985

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