This BBC producion has won high praise for outstanding sets, atmospheric music and for all-round exuberance and that touch of magic. Like most BBC productions this is the definitive study version. find out more...

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Nick Porter sells salesmanship for a living, but the days of being on top of his game are long gone, thanks in no part to his ever losing battle with alcohol. Finally fired and discovering his wife has also decided it’s all over on the same day, Nick finds himself on his front lawn with all that is left of is worldly belongings. An adaptation of a Raymond Carver short story, don’t expect an archetypal Will Ferrell movie, this a bitter sweet drama...with some humour. A low key, thoughtful and tou find out more...

A truly magnificent adaptation of Shakespeare's tender and intriguing period comedy. A plethora of top actors, sumptuous Tuscany locations and the matchmaking that turns bickering to love between Beatrice and Benedick (Thompson and Branagh). Hey nonny nonny! find out more...

One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptations of one of the great Bard's lesser known works performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. find out more...

One of the BBC's typically exemplary adaptations of one of the great Bard's best known plays performed by pretty much the cream of British theatre. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs find out more...

The Royal National Theatre production of The Merchant Of Venice by William Shakespeare starring Henry Goodman. find out more...

Derek Jarman, of controversial "Sebastian" and "Carravaggio" fame, gives Shakespeare an unusual makeover on a shoestring budget, focusing far more on visual imagery than the bard's words, which operate, with the exception of that last speech, more like signposts........but this is cinema and the poetry should be visual. Critically approved. find out more...

A fine BBC adaptation of one of the bard's lesser known and earliest comedies observing the inevitable conflict between friendship and love when two friends travel to Milan and, regardless of their filial obligations, become besotted. find out more...

This outstanding BBC production captures all the magical quality and dramatically changing moods of this great tragicomedy, one of the greatest of Shakespeare's works. Like all the Beeb productions this is the best version for study courses. find out more...