William Shakespeare
Sound of Cinema. Sourced from the Bard. Audio, 36 minutes
Matthew Sweet with film music inspired by Shakespearean themes.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Drama on 3. Richard II. Audio, 134 minutes
When Shakespeare's Richard II banishes Bolingbroke he brings about his own downfall.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
A Point of View. Shylock's Mock Appeal. Audio, 10 minutes
Howard Jacobson applauds the granting of an appeal by Shylock in a mock trial in Venice.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Essay. The Art of Storytelling, The Art of Storytelling: Emma Smith. Audio, 15 minutes
Professor Emma Smith considers William Shakespeare's skills as a storyteller.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
England: Made in the Middle. 5. Shakespeare's Midlands. Audio, 15 minutes
Helen Castor on why the action in Shakespeare’s history plays takes place in the Midlands.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Compass. Shakespeare in the World, Shakespeare in the World - South Africa. Audio, 23 minutes
The role of Shakespeare in the politics of South Africa and why he still matters today
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Cunk on Shakespeare. Video, 28 minutes
Philomena Cunk leaves no stone unturned as she gets to the bottom of the Bard.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for over a year
Drama on 3. King Lear. Audio, 150 minutes
When better than now to make a drama about 'the division of the kingdom'?
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for 9 months
The Compass. Shakespeare in the World, Shakespeare in the World - India. Audio, 23 minutes
From the Bollywood screen to village storytellers - how has India adopted Shakespeare?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Drama on 3. The Winter's Tale. Audio, 150 minutes
Eve Best and Danny Sapani star in Shakespeare's late play The Winter's Tale.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for 9 months
Sunday Feature. Still Will. Audio, 45 minutes
Laura Barton explores the silences and intimacies of Shakespeare's plays.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Shakespeare Beyond London. Audio, 15 minutes
Siobhan Keenan on the importance of touring to Shakespeare and the actors in his plays.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Compass. Shakespeare in the World, Shakespeare and the American Dream - Part Two. Audio, 23 minutes
How Shakespeare became part of the fabric of early American life. With Stephen Sondheim.
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Freedom of Speech or 'Nothing' - King Lear and Contemporary India. Audio, 15 minutes
Preti Taneja considers Shakespeare's King Lear as a lens through which to view India today
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Wolf All? - Shakespeare and Food in Renaissance England. Audio, 15 minutes
Joan Fitzpatrick explains her new research on what people ate in Shakepeare's England.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Undiscovered Countries - Shakespeare and the Nation. Audio, 15 minutes
James Loxley explores what Shakespeare's plays say about questions of national identity.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Shakespeare's Bookshelf. Audio, 45 minutes
Edith Hall, Nandini Das and Beatrice Groves on the books which inspired Shakespeare.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Radio 3 Documentary. Sunday Feature: First Folio Road Trip. Audio, 44 minutes
Emma Smith traces how Shakespeare's First Folio helped make our national poet
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
The Essay. Shakespeare 400, Shakespeare 400: Shakespeare and the Suffragettes. Audio, 15 minutes
How Shakespeare's heroines helped transform Victorian schoolgirls into Edwardian activists
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. First Folio Road Trip. Audio, 45 minutes
How Shakespeare's First Folio helped make a national poet and an international star.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
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
- Available for over a year
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
