The BBC Television Shakespeare
Season 3
Episodes
1. The Taming of the Shrew
Classic comedy by William Shakespeare. Petruchio is determined to mold the shrewish Katharina into a suitable wife, both for her dowry and for the challenge of overcoming her fearsome reputation.
2. The Merchant of Venice
BBC televisation of William Shakespeare's classic comedy about prejudice, love, loss and gain.
3. All's Well That Ends Well
Shakespearean comedy. A woman goes to extraordinary lengths to win the man she loves. Helena, a ward of the Countess, has set her sights on Bertram, the Countess's son.
4. The Winter's Tale
Classic play by William Shakespeare, considered either a comedy or a romance. One of Shakespeare's last works, the play also contains tragic elements that weave throughout the work.
5. Timon of Athens
When wealthy and famously generous nobleman Timon of Athens discovers the true state of his financial position, his former friends abandon him, and in disgust he retreats to a cave to rail against humanity.
6. Antony and Cleopatra
Shakespeare's classic story of Mark Antony, Roman military leader and triumvir, who is madly in love with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.