BBC Shakespeare Archive

BBC Teach Live Lessons | Shakespeare

This Live Lesson brings together Horrible Histories Tom Stourton and Rhys Stevenson to find out how the Tudor era affected The Bard's wr...

Bitesize Daily: 5-7 Years: English | Shakespeare

Shakespeare, cities and Ella Bella Ballerina in Book Club.

Bitesize Daily: 5-7 Years: English | Magical Forests

Magical forests in Shakespeare and discovering the super-you.

Bitesize Daily: 7-9 Years: English | A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Shakespeare, cities, rivers and A Midsummer Night's Dream in Book Club.

Bitesize Daily: 9-11 Years: English | Shakespeare

Shakespeare, wildlife in cities and Macbeth.

Bitesize Daily: 9-11 Years: English | Magic

Magic in Shakespeare and discovering our character strengths.

CBeebies Presents | Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare is back on CBeebies with an adaptation of one of his most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet. With the help of a host of...

CBeebies Shakespeare Special | The Tempest

A magic island, a stormy shipwreck and a royal mystery in CBeebies The Tempest!

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 th...

Horrible Histories with Stephen Fry | S1E1

Stephen Fry presents the best sketches from the historical comedy series: King Charles II raps about his party lifestyle, Helen of...

Horrible Histories Specials | Sensational Shakespeare

Children's historical comedy sketch programme: a special episode looking at the life and times of William Shakespeare, ...

How to be Epic @ Shakespeare

Children's programme narrated by Cel Spellman: marking 400 years since the death of the world's greatest playwright, the programme presents a se...

i.am.will Shakespeare

Education programme: Ricky Boleto and Leah Gooding go in search of William Shakespeare. They find out about Shakespeare's early life in Stratford-upon-...

Magic Hands | A Midsummer Night's Dream - Fabulous Fairies

Poetry programme for pre-school children: A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. To celebrate the 400-y...

Magic Hands | As You Like It - All the World's a Stage

Pre-school children's arts and animated disability programme: to celebrate the 400-year legacy of Shakespeare, Ashley ...

Magic Hands | Romeo and Juliet - Fighting Families

Children's sign language poetry series: to celebrate the 400-year legacy of William Shakespeare, Donna and Simon discover ...

Magic Hands | The Tempest - A Magical Storm

Pre-school children's arts and animated disability programme: The Tempest by William Shakespeare. To celebrate the 400-year legac...

Magic Hands | Twelfth Night - Identical Twins?

Pre-school children's arts and animated disability programme: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. To celebrate the 400th ann...

Play School

Programme for young children presented by Floella Benjamin and Stuart Bradley. The story today is 'Mr and Mrs Potters Window Box' by Sheila Collins. The poem of ...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | A Midsummer Night's Dream

A night of madness in a haunted wood - four young victims of unrequited love stumble about while six workmen are ...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | As You Like It

The sunniest of the Bard's plays, 'As You Like It' tells of a group of courtiers who escape to the Forest of Arden, meet, ph...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Hamlet

Animated version of the Bard's much-quoted tragedy about the indecisive Prince of Denmark. With the voices of Nicholas Farrell as Ha...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Julius Caesar

This animated version of 'Julius Caesar' unfolds a compelling story of personal power versus the good of the state. Joss Ackl...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Macbeth

Soviet animation of the famous tragedy, with the voices of Alec McCowen, Brian Cox, Zoe Wanamaker, Clive Merrison, Patrick Brennan,...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Othello

Animated Shakespeare tale of Othello. In the last in the series the most dramatic study of jealousy and its tragic effects are conv...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Richard III

The return of the award-winning team who produced 'Hamlet'. Antony Sher provides the voice of Shakespeare's darkest villain, Ri...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Romeo and Juliet

An animated version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | The Taming of the Shrew

Shakespeare's witty and fast-moving comic battle of the sexes is given a fresh airing in puppet animation. Headstro...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | The Tempest

The Tempest presented in puppet animation with text abridged by Leon Garfield; with the voices of Martin Jarvis, Timothy West, ...