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Documentary transmitted within the BBC Focus Slot in The LEARNING ZONE. Assesses the importance of soliloquies in Shakespeare’s plays and includes an interview with Kenneth Branagh in which he discusses...
Radio series. Lenny Henry looks at the stage history of Othello.
Murder mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as the mystery writer-cum amateur detective, Jessica Fletcher. In this episode there is rivalry for the coveted post of headmaster at St Crispin’s Academy....
Television documentary. A behind-the-scenes account of the making of Kenneth Branagh’s HAMLET.
Interview series. Jeremy Isaacs interviews Ian McKellen about his acting career and his life as a gay man.
BBC television quiz show. In this episode one contestant chose as their specialist subject ‘The History Plays of Shakespeare’. Question master - John Humphrys.
Documentary telling the story of a group of young actors with Downs Syndrome who set out to create a touring production of Hamlet. Along the way the play begins to blur with their real lives, leading to...
Radio series about the world of work. In this episode author Andrew Dickson examines why Shakespeare is a global brand and big business.
Radio broadcast. Nikki Bedi discovers that Shakespeare’s reach extends as far as Bollywood to the slums of Mumbai, where young practitioners are taking the plays and making them fresh for a 21st-century...
Documentary series on the history of influential British films. This episode looks at SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE. Narrated by Ashley Jensen.