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BBC Television Shakespeare

1978    2h 30m
Drama, Comedy
8.1
"BBC Television Shakespeare offers a captivating collection of adaptations of Shakespeare's 37 iconic plays, bringing timeless stories of love, ambition, and betrayal vividly to life, showcasing the Bard's genius with stunning performances and rich production values."
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7 Seasons
  • Season 1
    Season 137 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 26 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 36 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 43 Episodes
  • Season 5
    Season 57 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 65 Episodes
  • Season 7
    Season 74 Episodes
Cast of BBC Television Shakespeare
  • Michael Byrne
  • Peter Benson
  • Robert Lindsay
  • Anthony Pedley
  • Michael HordernCapulet
  • Trevor Peacock
  • Bernard Hill
  • Charles GrayDuke of York
  • Julia Foster
  • Ron Cook
  • Mark Wing-Davey
  • Claire Bloom
  • Jon FinchHenry Bolingbroke
  • Frank Middlemass
  • Brenda Bruce
  • Vernon DobtcheffApothecary
  • Mike Gwilym
  • Tenniel Evans
  • Gordon Gostelow
  • Helen Mirren
  • David Gwillim
  • Annette Crosbie
  • Arthur Hewlett
  • Norman Rodway
  • Ian Charleson
  • Bryan Pringle
  • Esmond KnightOld Capulet
  • David Neal
  • John Benfield
  • Paul Jesson
  • Alec McCowen
  • Bruce Purchase
  • Rosemary Leach
  • Wendy HillerDuchess of York
  • Emrys James
  • Pippa Guard
  • Frank Williams
  • Brenda Blethyn
  • Anna Calder-Marshall
  • John Barron
  • Clive Swift
  • Patrick Allen
  • James Bolam
  • Clifford RoseBishop of Carlisle
  • Derek Farr
  • Patsy Smart
  • Jeremy Kemp
  • John Franklyn-Robbins
  • Joanna McCallum
  • Jane Lapotaire
  • David Burke
  • Jeffrey HollandDuke of Surrey
  • John Wells
  • Geoffrey Burridge
  • Hugh Quarshie
  • John Woodnutt
  • Darien Angadi
  • Anton Lesser
  • Geoffrey Chater
  • Valentine Dyall
  • Anthony Quayle
  • Graham Crowden
  • Celia JohnsonNurse
  • Julian Glover
  • Michele Dotrice
  • John Burgess
  • Elizabeth Spriggs
  • Penelope Wilton
  • Geoffrey Lumsden
  • John Bird
  • Nicholas Gecks
  • Noel Johnson
  • Tim Wylton
  • Jeremy Dimmick
  • Michael Kitchen
  • Tony Steedman
  • Tim Pigott-Smith
  • Richard Pasco
  • Kevin Stoney
  • Mary MorrisDuchess of Gloucester
  • John PaulMontague
  • Harry Waters, Jr.
  • Howard Goorney
  • John Sterland
  • Robert Brown
  • Derek JacobiKing Richard II
  • John GielgudChorus
  • John Nettleton
  • Richard OwensThomas Mowbray
  • Rob Edwards
  • Ian Puleston-Davies
  • Christopher StrauliBenvolio
  • Christopher Blake
  • Nicholas Young
  • Frank Thornton
  • Judy Davis
  • Kate Nelligan
  • David Rintoul
  • Nicky Henson
  • Phyllida Law
  • Edward Hardwicke
  • Bob Hoskins
  • Tony Church
  • Edward Petherbridge
  • David Daker
  • Jonathan Pryce
  • Frances Cuka
  • Eamon Boland
  • Alan DavidSolanio
  • Colin McCormack
  • Jonathan Scott-Taylor
  • Oliver Cotton
  • Keith Drinkel
  • David Dixon
  • Don Estelle
  • Alan RickmanTybalt
  • John Thaw
  • Barbara Rhoades
  • Prunella Scales
  • Andrew Burt
  • Kenneth Colley
  • Nickolas Grace
  • Joe Gladwin
  • Kenneth Haigh
  • Alan Howard
  • James Cossins
  • Maurice Roëves
  • Robert Eddison
  • John Grillo
  • Tessa Peake-Jones
  • Brian Glover
  • John Fortune
  • Lee Montague
  • Eileen Atkins
  • David Kelly
  • Christopher Guard
  • Nigel Terry
  • John Stride
  • Jacqueline HillLady Capulet
  • Ian Barritt
  • Eileen Way
  • Anna Quayle
  • David Prowse
  • Jonathan Hyde
  • John Clegg
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Ralph Michael
  • Diana Dors
  • Susan Penhaligon
  • Benjamin Whitrow
  • Tony Doyle
  • John SavidentFriar John
  • Lynn Farleigh
  • Clive Dunn
  • Lalla Ward
  • Enn Reitel
  • John Castle
  • Thorley Walters
  • Paul Brooke
  • Jenny Agutter
  • Patrick RyecartRomeo
  • Adrienne Corri
  • Cyril Cusack
  • Tony Haygarth
  • Patrick Stewart
  • Colin Blakely
  • Gavin Richards
  • Mark Dignam
  • Andrew Sachs
  • Angus Lennie
  • Timothy West
  • Kenneth Cranham
  • Edward Hibbert
  • Charles KeatingDuke of Aumerle
  • John Welsh
  • Ben Kingsley
  • Sinéad Cusack
  • Cyril Luckham
  • Amanda Redman
  • Trevor Baxter
  • Jonathan Cecil
  • John McEnery
  • Ingrid Pitt
  • Nicol Williamson
  • Patricia Hayes
  • Richard Easton
  • David Waller
  • Ann Pennington
  • Douglas Wilmer
  • Michael Robbins
  • Cherie Lunghi
  • Frank Barrie
  • Jeremy BullochHenry Percy
  • Maureen Lipman
  • Roger Daltrey
  • Zoë Wanamaker
  • John Bailey
  • David Buck
  • Joss Ackland
  • Warren Clarke
 
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