The BBC Television Shakespeare
-Season 1
Episodes
1. Romeo & Juliet
Dec 3, 1978
Patrick Ryecart and Rebecca Saire play the star crossed lovers in one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays.
2. Richard II
Dec 10, 1978
Derek Jacobi is King Richard II in the second of the BBC's new productions of Shakespeare.
3. As You Like It
Dec 17, 1978
Classic comedy by William Shakespeare about the travails of lovers Rosalind and Orlando, who become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity.
4. Julius Caesar
Feb 11, 1979
Shakespeare's great political thriller tells the story of the conspiracy against Caesar, his assassination and the defeat of his conspirators.
5. Measure For Measure
Feb 18, 1979
Shakespeare's classic comedy occasionally veers into more troublesome territory, as the characters face dark and ambiguous moral choices.
6. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
Feb 25, 1979
Classic play by William Shakespeare starring John Stride, Timothy West, Ronald Pickup, and Claire Bloom.
7. Episode 7
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8. Episode 8
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9. Episode 9
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10. Episode 10
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11. Episode 11
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12. Episode 12
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13. Episode 13
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14. Episode 14
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15. Episode 15
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16. Episode 16
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17. Episode 17
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18. Episode 18
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19. Episode 19
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20. Episode 20
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21. Episode 21
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22. Episode 22
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23. Episode 23
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24. Episode 24
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25. Episode 25
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26. Episode 26
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27. Episode 27
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28. Episode 28
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29. Episode 29
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30. Episode 30
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31. Episode 31
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32. Episode 32
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33. Episode 33
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34. Episode 34
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35. Episode 35
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36. Episode 36
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37. Episode 37
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