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.
Romeo & Juliet
King Richard the Second
As You Like It
Julius Caesar
Measure for Measure
The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight
The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur
The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift
The Life of Henry the Fifth
Twelfth Night
The Tempest
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
The Taming of the Shrew
The Merchant of Venice
All's Well That Ends Well
The Winter's Tale
Timon of Athens
Antony and Cleopatra
Othello
Troilus and Cressida
A Midsummer Night's Dream
King Lear
The Merry Wives of Windsor
The First Part of Henry the Sixth
The Second Part of Henry the Sixth
The Third Part of Henry the Sixth
The Tragedy of Richard III
Cymbeline
Macbeth
The Comedy of Errors
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Tragedy of Coriolanus
The Life & Death of King John
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Much Ado About Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
Titus Andronicus
The Jazz Age
George Burns Comedy Week
Amazing Stories
Til Death Do Us Part
Gracias por la vida
Ueno Juri and the Five Bags
Victim
Úsměvy světa
Tales from the Crypt
Behind Closed Doors
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Four Star Playhouse
Angels with Broken Wings
Trying Times
Modern Love
I Am...
O Auto da Compadecida
Close Friend
What Really Happened to the Class of '65?
Somerset Maugham Hour