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Part 19 in a 39-part narrated slide show on Western cultural history by Charles G. Bell of St John’s College, New Mexico. The video edition was produced by artists Steina and Woody Vasulka. The video...
The first of five short films which give a guide to life in Shakespeare’s time. Botanist David Bellamy assesses the legacy of Elizabethan gardens.
Leaving his wife and children behind in Stratford, William Shakespeare goes to London to promote the Henry VI trilogy and make his fortune.
Series on the British monarchy written and presented by David Starkey. This episode looks at kings from Richard II to Henry VI that were the subject of Shakespeare’s plays. Starkey examines their reigns...
Explores the life and works of William Shakespeare, featuring re-enactments of 16th-century life and short extracts from some of his plays. Narrated by Terry Molloy.
Podcast. Host Jacke Wilson talks to journalist Michael Blanding about Dennis McCarthy’s theory that Thomas North was a major influence on Shakespeare.
Radio series. Tony Robinson reads Pete Brown’s history of British pubs as seen through the story of one London inn, the George in Southwark, said to be the one-time local of Chaucer, Dickens and...
William Shatner, with tongue in cheek, hosts this documentary that revisits the treasure hunts undertaken by brothers Marty and Rick Lagina on Oak Island in Nova Scotia. If Shakespeare’s plays were in fact...
Third in the series of programmes on Elizabethan England. Cookery writer and chef Prue Leith discusses Elizabethan cuisine.
Radio broadcast. Series in which Fiona Shaw tries to recreate the sounds of England during Shakespeare’s time.
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