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Television arts and culture magazine programme presented by Mark Kermode. Includes an excerpt (c30 minutes) from rehearsals of Othello by the inmates of Brixton prison in south London. The Dream Factory, at...
Arts magazine programme. Andrew Graham-Dixon interviews John Lydon, former frontman (Johnny Rotten) of the Sex Pistols. Lydon talks about his love of Shakespeare and Mozart in a c5min extract.
Educational film. A large part of Shakespeare’s heritage was rural and not yet touched by Renaissance ideas. The film explains King Lear in the context of life and culture in the Middle Ages, The...
Topical arts magazine series. Includes an item on the 2006 ‘Searching for Shakespeare’ exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London which examined the available portraiture and biographical...
Radio broadcast. Jonathan Dollimore and Alan Sinfield discuss Shakespeare and the politics of culture; moderated by Wayne Pond.
BBC’s arts programme. Presenter Anne McElvoy discusses Germany’s claim on Shakespeare with Rüdiger Goerner, Director of the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, and Karen Leeder, Professor of...
BBC Radio 3 arts series. Special episode dedicated to the figure of the fool in British culture, examining how the ideas embodied in the fool resonate in a culture still anxious about what its comedians can...
Feature film. A Midsummer Night’s Dream loosely adapted to the rave culture.
Arts magazine series. In one item Clemency Burton-Hill visits the Royal Shakespeare Company’s theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, as it celebrates its 50th birthday. Stratford-upon-Avon. Interior of...
Documentary. The export of Western culture has made English a star performer on the world stage. This programme discusses the ubiquity of Shakespeare and the King James Bible, explaining their roles in...