"William Shakespeare" (73 results)

A Poet’s Guide to Britain | 01: William Wordsworth

A Poet’s Guide to Britain | 01: William Wordsworth

BBC Four | 2009 | 29'01''

Owen Sheers explores six great works of poetry set in the British landscape. This episode features Composed upon Wes...

Countryfile | William Wordsworth

Countryfile | William Wordsworth

BBC One | 2020 | 11'24''

Ellie Harrison and Joe Crowley are in the Lake District to celebrate the 250th anniversary of William Wordsworth's birth.

Monitor | William Golding

Monitor | William Golding

Lord of the Flies | BBC Television | 1959 | 17'10''

A profile of William Golding, the author, interviewed by Peter Newington at his home near Salisbury.

Just William

Just William

Just William | CBBC | 2010 | 28'02''

When the Bott family move into Croombe Hall, William and The Outlaws are horrified to learn that they are banned from playing in the woods. But the worst is yet...

Omnibus | William Blake: Singing for England

Omnibus | William Blake: Singing for England

Jerusalem | BBC One | 2000 | 58'20''

An Omnibus documentary about visionary British artist and poet William Blake, who wrote Jerusalem and The Tyger, originally broa...

English File | Poetry Backpack: The poetry of William Blake

English File | Poetry Backpack: The poetry of William Blake

BBC Two | 1997 | 29'43''

A profile of the life and work of poet William Blake, presented by Nigel Planer. Aimed at GCSE level students.

My Life in Verse | William Blake’s ‘Jerusalem’

My Life in Verse | William Blake’s ‘Jerusalem’

Jerusalam | BBC Two | 2009 | 5'23''

Malorie Blackman and Irish poet Niall McDevitt discuss William Blake's poem and hymn 'Jerusalem'.

The Essay | The Feast of Language: 5: William Carlos Williams

The Essay | The Feast of Language: 5: William Carlos Williams

BBC Radio 3 | 2011 | 13'33''

Undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch considers the similarities between his own double life and that of American mo...

Arena | Introduction to William Golding

Arena | Introduction to William Golding

Lord of the Flies | BBC Four | 2012 | 3'34''

An introduction to the character of William Golding and his work as a school teacher.

Arena | The Dreams of William Golding

Arena | The Dreams of William Golding

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 2012 | 1'28'44''

An insight into the private obsessions and insecurities of the author of Lord of the Flies. With contributions from his daughter and so...

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Deacon William Brodie

Ian Rankin Investigates: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | Deacon William Brodie

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | BBC Four | 2007 | 2'01''

Robert Louis Stevenson grew up hearing stories about Deacon William Brodie, a notorious Edinburgh figu...

Poetry: Between the Lines – The Romantics | William Blake’s ‘London’

Poetry: Between the Lines – The Romantics | William Blake’s ‘London’

London | BBC Two | 2015 | 5'44''

Akala presents a reading and discussion of 'London' from Blake's Songs of Experi...

Poetry Nation | William Blake – The Sick Rose

Poetry Nation | William Blake – The Sick Rose

The Sick Rose | BBC Two | 1994 | 24''

Performed by Clay Jones

Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) | William Blake – Never Seek To Tell Thy Love

Essential Poems (To Fall in Love With) | William Blake – Never Seek To Tell Thy Love

Never Seek To Tell Thy Love | BBC Two | 2003 | 1'10''

Read by Greg Wise.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | BBC Two | 2021 | 1'45'18''

William Kamkwamba is a 13-year-old living with his family in rural Malawi. After a famine forces him to leave school, William sets his excepti...

Lord of the Flies (1955)

Lord of the Flies (1955)

Lord of the Flies | BBC Third Programme | 1955 | 1'59'00''

A play by Giles Cooper based on the novel by William Golding.

Vanity Fair (1967)

Vanity Fair (1967)

Vanity Fair | BBC Two | 1967 | 46'35''

The first classic serial in colour. William Thackeray's great story of manners, love and social climbing. Becky Sharpe, played by Susan Hampshire, is a 'l...

Vanity Fair (1998)

Vanity Fair (1998)

Vanity Fair | BBC One | 1998 | 50'03''

Six part television drama adapated from William Thackeray's satire of English society during the Napoleonic wars. How is a penniless orphan to make her wa...

Play of the Month | The Country Wife

Play of the Month | The Country Wife

The Country Wife | BBC One | 1977 | 1'23'01''

Play by William Wycherley, starring Helen Mirren, Bernard Cribbins, Anthony Andrews, Amanda Barrie, Adrienne Corri, Ciaran ,Madden and J...

Lord of the Flies (1963)

Lord of the Flies (1963)

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 1982 | 1'26'53''

Compelling film adaptation of William Golding's disturbing tale of a group of stranded schoolchildren who revert to primitive savagery following a p...

In Our Time | Songs of Innocence and Experience

In Our Time | Songs of Innocence and Experience

Songs of Innocence and of Experience | BBC Radio 4 | 2016 | 27'44''

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss William Blake's illustrated collection of poems, Songs of Innocence and of Experience, Shewin...

Schama on Blake

Schama on Blake

Songs of Innocence and of Experience | BBC Radio 4 | 2019 | 27'44''

Anticipating the opening of Tate Britain's major exhibition of the work of William Blake, Simon Schama presents his view of the visionary artist who was disp...

Book of the Year | 1954

Book of the Year | 1954

Lord of the Flies | BBC Radio 4 | 1997 | 27'25''

John Carey and Harry Ritchie talk about the year which saw the Publication of William Golding's Lord of the Flies and Kingsley Amis' Lucky Jim.

Kaleidoscope Extra | Fostering Fiction

Kaleidoscope Extra | Fostering Fiction

Lord of the Flies | BBC Radio 4 | 1986 | 14'13''

When literary editor Charles Monteith first saw William Golding's manuscript of Lord of The Flies it was a good deal longer and less f...

English File | Lord of the Flies

English File | Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 2002 | 19'26''

A social and historical context for 'Lord of the Flies' by William Golding, is explored.

Inside Pages | Lord of the Flies

Inside Pages | Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 2003 | 29'03''

Young offenders react to William Goldings 'Lord of the Flies'.

The Still Life Poet

The Still Life Poet

BBC Radio 4 | 2014 | 27'29''

Liz Lochhead explores the extraordinary life and work of little-known Scottish poet William Soutar, who spent the last 13 years of his life in a bed.

A Poet’s Guide to Britain | Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802′

A Poet’s Guide to Britain | Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802′

Composed upon Westminster Bridge | BBC Four | 2009 | 1'55''

A reading and introduction to William Wordsworth's poem 'Composed upon Westminst...

GCSE Bitesize Revision | Lord of the Flies – Plot Summary

GCSE Bitesize Revision | Lord of the Flies – Plot Summary

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 2009 | 6'20''

A plot summary of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'.

GCSE Bitesize Revision | Lord of the Flies – Characters

GCSE Bitesize Revision | Lord of the Flies – Characters

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 2009 | 3'26''

A summary of the characters in William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'.

GCSE Bitesize Revision | Lord of the Flies – Themes

GCSE Bitesize Revision | Lord of the Flies – Themes

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 2009 | 3'59''

A summary of the themes of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'.

Arena | Lord of the Flies

Arena | Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies | BBC Four | 2012 | 2'21''

Extracts from 'Lord of the Flies' read by William Golding.

In Context | Lord of the Flies’ – Plot and influences

In Context | Lord of the Flies’ – Plot and influences

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 2008 | 4'41''

An exploration of the plot and influences for William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'.

In Context | Civilisation in ‘Lord of the Flies’

In Context | Civilisation in ‘Lord of the Flies’

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 2008 | 6'15''

An exploration of the theme of civilisation and how William Golding was influenced by the second world war.

In Context | Lord of the Flies’ – The theme of fear

In Context | Lord of the Flies’ – The theme of fear

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 2008 | 4'57''

An exploration of the theme of fear in William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'.

Lord of the Flies (1963) | Stranded on the island

Lord of the Flies (1963) | Stranded on the island

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 1982 | 4'28''

In the opening scene to the 1963 adaptation of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies', Ralph and Piggy attempt to find the o...

Lord of the Flies (1963) | Ralph is elected chief

Lord of the Flies (1963) | Ralph is elected chief

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 1982 | 4'25''

From the 1963 adaptation of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies', the boys find each other and elect Ralph as their chief.

Lord of the Flies (1963) | Fire and shelter

Lord of the Flies (1963) | Fire and shelter

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 1982 | 6'16''

From the 1963 adaptation of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies', Ralph organises the boys and they begin to make fire and shelt...

Lord of the Flies (1963) | ‘Kill the pig”

Lord of the Flies (1963) | ‘Kill the pig”

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 1982 | 4'27''

From the 1963 adaptation of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies': the fire goes out when Jack and his group prioritise...

Lord of the Flies (1963) | The Beast

Lord of the Flies (1963) | The Beast

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 1982 | 7'15''

From the 1963 adaptation of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies', fear for the Beast grows and Simon is killed by the others.

Lord of the Flies (1963) | Piggy’s death

Lord of the Flies (1963) | Piggy’s death

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 1982 | 6'18''

From the 1963 adaptation of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies', Piggy is hit by a boulder and falls to his death.

Lord of the Flies (1963) | The ending

Lord of the Flies (1963) | The ending

Lord of the Flies | BBC Two | 1982 | 4'35''

From the 1963 adaptation of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies', Ralph is chased by the other boys until adults arrive at the island.

The Trench (1999)

The Trench (1999)

The Trench | BBC One | 2007 | 1'31'58''

World War I drama evoking the tedium of trench life on the eve of the Battle of the Somme. Waiting for certain death are an underage recruit, a war-weary s...

The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere | Series 1

The Wordsmiths at Gorsemere | Series 1

BBC Radio 4 | 1985 | 27'14''

William and Dorothy settle in their sublime cottage. Sue Limb's Lakeland poets parody with Denise Coffey.

Animated Epics: Moby Dick (1999)

Animated Epics: Moby Dick (1999)

Moby Dick | BBC Two | 1999 | 25'48''

An animated version of Herman Melville's classic novel, adapted by Brian Sibley. The tale of Captain Ahab's quest for vengence against the w...

The White Bird Passes

The White Bird Passes

The White Bird Passes | BBC Two | 1980 | 1'04'55''

'I don't want to dust and polish. And I don't want to work on a farm. I want to write poetry, great poetry, as great as Shakespeare''. Those are the wo...

The Mysterious Mr Webster: BBC Arts at the Globe |

The Mysterious Mr Webster: BBC Arts at the Globe |

The Duchess of Malfi | BBC Two | 2014 | 59'00''

Professor James Shapiro goes in search of the mysterious man behind The Duchess of Malfi, the son of a coachmaker who ende...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | BBC Four | 2009 | 59'22''

Simon Armitage goes on a journey to discover the language and landscape of our first great Arthurian romance, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight...