William Shakespeare
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 7 months
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
Mabey in the Wild. Series 1, Wild Roses. Audio, 15 minutes
Richard Mabey with an appreciation of the natural and cultural history of the wild rose.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Coriolanus. Video, 114 minutes
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Roman tragedy set in a contemporary Balkan conflict.
- AttributionBBC One
- Available for 3 months
In Our Time. Cleopatra. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Cleopatra, the famed last pharaoh of Egypt.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Tudor Tarantino. Audio, 30 minutes
Dominic Arkwright charts the life of Thomas Middleton, the bad boy of Renaissance drama
- AttributionBBC Radio 4 Extra
- Available for over a year
The Reunion. National Theatre. Audio, 45 minutes
Sue MacGregor brings together some of the original members of the National Theatre.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Lear. Audio, 45 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests examine Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty tragedy, King Lear.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
Sunday Feature. Courting the East. Audio, 45 minutes
An exploration of the complex history of relations between England and the Islamic world.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
As You Like It. Video, 118 minutes
Adaptation of Shakespeare's pastoral comedy set in 19th-century Japan.
- AttributionBBC Two
- Available for 3 months
Shakespeare's London. Audio, 45 minutes
Writer Iain Sinclair seeks out echoes of Shakespeare's city in the London of today.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. Timon of Athens. Audio, 4 minutes
Discussion of Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
Spotlight. The Herbal Bed. Audio, 4 minutes
"She's a free-thinking spirit" Kate Duchêne on playing Shakespeare's daughter, Susanna
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
