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Religious service from Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon on the occasion of thanksgiving for the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth. The preacher is Dr Coggan, Archbiship of York in the...
Dramatic reading of Shakespeare’s poem with Susan Fleetwood as Venus and Michael Maloney as Adonis. Norman Rodway narrates. The poem is adapted for radio by Marcella Evaristi and directed by Hilary Norrish.
Two-part production of Shakespeare’s play adapted by Brett Usher, directed by Walter Acosta, starring David Schofield as Henry. No further information available (12/2008).
Radio broadcast. Russell Davies hosts a special Shakespeare-themed edition of the ‘Brain of Britain’ quiz to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death. The guests contestants are...
Radio broadcast. Theatre director and theatre designer Tyrone Guthrie talks about his early encounters with Shakespeare, his approach as a theatre director, and what qualities in the man himself are worth...
Radio version of Shakespeare’s play recorded live in front of an audience at the Globe Theatre in London. With Philip Madoc in the title role, Fiona Shaw, Mali Harries and Andrew Sachs. Directed by Alison...
G. Wilson Knight gives the ‘Lift Up Your Hearts’ talks for the anniversary week. The five episodes focus on different aspects of Shakespeare and his faith.
Sara Mohr-Pietsch and Tom Service introduce adventurous 21st century responses to Shakespeare’s work. Sound artist Martin Parker and viola da gamba player Liam Byrne take music and texts from 1616 and...
Radio programme. Extract from Julius Caesar (III iii) performed in a Swahili translation by Julius Kambarage Nyerere, Tanzania’s first President.
Radio programme in which comedy writer and historian Glenn Mitchell explores what the BBC archives reveal about British comic legend Peter Sellers on the 30th anniversary of his death. In addition to the...