Animating Shakespeare
An introductory documentary to launch the series of animated Shakespeare plays including A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Hamlet
Drama with David Tennant in the title role of the RSC's production of Shakespeare's tragedy.
Shakespeare Shorts: Macbeth
Television programme for schools featuring television actors not usually associated with Shakespeare in scenes from Macbeth.
Elsinore: Series 1 – 4 of 4
The traitor, Lord Anders, has been found in Sweden and Claudius is dispatched to bring him back to Denmark.
Elsinore: Series 1 – 3 of 4
Claudius has been sent to the mysterious - and magical - Kingdom of Carpathia to negotiate for the Princess of Carpathia to become King Hamlet's wife.
Elsinore: Series 1 – 2 of 4
Claudius returns to Elsinore where he must confront his brother about the failure to pay the ransom demanded by Captain True.
Cbeebies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Children's drama: Cook and Line from Swashbuckle help William Shakespeare put on a magical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool, with Justin Fletcher as Nick Bottom.
The Tempest
Adaptation of Shakespeare's play: Prospera is banished from Milan by her brother and finds herself stranded on an island with her daughter, where she waits to take her revenge.
Chronicle: The Making of a Saint: the story of Joan of Arc
This programme uses extracts from contemporary manuscripts and literature to trace how the legend of Joan of Arc has been used by subsequent generations for own purposes.
