ShakespeaRe-told | Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

Retelling of Shakespeare plays: a romantic comedy set in a south coast regional TV newsroom, charting the relationship between ex-lovers and warring co-anchors Beatrice Evans and Benedick Taylor. Featuring Billie Piper.

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  • Type: Plays
  • Channel: BBC One
  • Duration: 1'29'36''
  • Broadcast date: 2005
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UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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Much Ado About Nothing | BBC One | 1967

Much Ado About Nothing (1967) | Part 2

Part 2 of a televised adaptation of the play based on a National Theatre stage production by Franco Zeffirelli, starring real-life couple Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens as Beatrice and Benedick. This production appears to be the earliest British television broadcast of the whole play.
Much Ado About Nothing | BBC One | 1967

Much Ado About Nothing (1967)

Part 1 of a televised adaptation of the play based on a National Theatre stage production by Franco Zeffirelli, starring real-life couple Maggie Smith and Robert Stephens as Beatrice and Benedick. This production appears to be the earliest British television broadcast of the whole play.