William Shakespeare
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC. Video, 143 minutes
A celebration of the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of his death.
- AttributionBBC Two
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A Midsummer Night's Dream. Video, 51 minutes
CBeebies stars perform William Shakespeare's famous comedy play.
- AttributionCBeebies
- Available for over a year
Being Hamlet. Video, 52 minutes
Simon Russell Beale and Adrian Lester discuss this most celebrated and challenging role.
- AttributionBBC
- Available for over a year
The Compass. Shakespeare in the World, Shakespeare and the American Dream - Part One. Audio, 27 minutes
How Shakespeare became part of the fabric of early American life
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
An Excellent Dumb Discourse: Shakespeare in Silence. Audio, 30 minutes
Professor Judith Buchanan shares her love and knowledge of Shakespeare in early films.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
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Sunday Feature. Real Pretenders. Audio, 60 minutes
Film critic Antonia Quirke investigates the evolution of acting.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Word of Mouth. How Shakespeare Spoke. Audio, 28 minutes
Michael Rosen and Dr Laura Wright discover how Shakespeare spoke.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Looking for the Moor. Audio, 45 minutes
Hugh Quarshie seeks resolution to the dilemmas of a black actor playing Othello.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Drama on 3. Macbeth. Audio, 120 minutes
A new production of Shakespeare's dark tragedy about ambition for power.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Reunion. Peter Brook's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor remembers Peter Brook's iconic Shakespearean production from 1970.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Being Orson, He that Plays the King. Audio, 15 minutes
Exploring Orson Welles's Shaksepeare film trilogy: Macbeth, Othello and Chimes at Midnight
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Drama on 3. As You Like It. Audio, 150 minutes
Shakespeare's pastoral comedy of love, lust, cross-dressing and mistaken identity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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- Posted9 February 2015
The Secretaries of Juliet. Audio, 30 minutes
Jolyon Jenkins meets the women of Verona who answer letters sent to Shakespeare's Juliet
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
More or Less. To ice or not to ice? Audio, 28 minutes
Should we be more choosy about who benefits when we do a viral charity challenge?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Beyond Belief. Shakespeare and Religion. Audio, 25 minutes
Was Shakespeare a closet Catholic? Ernie Rea and guests discuss Shakespeare's religion.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Drama on 3. Antony and Cleopatra. Audio, 145 minutes
Kenneth Branagh and Alex Kingston star in Shakespeare's tragedy of love and power.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Secret Admirers, Lucie Skeaping on Thomas Ravenscroft. Audio, 15 minutes
Radio 3 presenter Lucie Skeaping celebrates Shakespeare's contemporary Thomas Ravenscroft.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Inside No. 9. Series 1, The Understudy. Video, 30 minutes
Tony Warner is the toast of the West End. Meanwhile, Jim is his ever-hopeful understudy.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. The Tempest. Audio, 42 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Shakespeare's The Tempest.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Reunion. Globe Theatre. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor reunites five founders of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Open Book. 20/11/2011. Audio, 30 minutes
Mariella Frostrup continues Open Book's celebration of funny books and funny writers.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Great Lives. William Shakespeare. Audio, 30 minutes
Poetry curator Daisy Goodwin nominates the Bard himself, William Shakespeare.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
