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DVD BBC: All's Well That Ends Well
DVD BBC: All's Well That Ends Well
Starring Michael Hordern and Celia Johnson.
Running time 145 minutes.


DVD BBC: Antony and Cleopatra
DVD BBC: Antony and Cleopatra
Directed by Jonathan Miller. Starring Jane Lapotaire, Colin Blakely, Ian Charleson, Esmond Knight & Emrys James.
Running time 170 minutes.


DVD BBC: As You Like It
DVD BBC: As You Like It
Starring Helen Mirren and Angharad Rees.
Running time 150 minutes.

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DVD BBC: Comedy of Errors (The)
DVD BBC: Comedy of Errors (The)
Directed by James Cellaan Jones. Starring Roger Daltrey, Michael Kitchen, Cyril Cusack and Charles Gray.
Running time 108 minutes. 


DVD BBC: Coriolanus
DVD BBC: Coriolanus
Starring Alan Howard and Joss Ackland.
Running time 145 minutes.


DVD BBC: Cymbeline
DVD BBC: Cymbeline
Directed by Elijah Moshinsky. Starring Richard Johnson, Helen Mirren & Michael Pennington.
Running time 175 minutes.


DVD BBC: Hamlet
DVD BBC: Hamlet
Starring Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart, Claire Bloom, Eric Porter and Lalla Ward.
Running time 214 minutes.  

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DVD BBC: Henry IV I
DVD BBC: Henry IV I
Directed by David Giles. Starring Anthony Quayle, Jon Finch, David Gwillim, Tim Pigott-Smith & Michele Dotrice.
Running time 148 minutes.


DVD BBC: Henry IV II
DVD BBC: Henry IV II
Directed by David Giles. Starring Anthony Quayle, Jon Finch, David Gwillim & Michele Dotrice.
Running time 150 minutes.


DVD BBC: Henry V
DVD BBC: Henry V
Directed by David Giles. Starring David Gwillim, Keith Drinkel, Bryan Pringle, David Buck and Tim Wylton.
Running time 166 minutes.


DVD BBC: Henry VI I
DVD BBC: Henry VI I
Directed by Jane Howell. Starring Peter Benson, Brenda Blethyn, Bernard Hill, Trevor Peacock, Ron Cook and Brian Protheroe.
Running time 188 minutes.

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DVD BBC: Henry VI II
DVD BBC: Henry VI II
Directed by Jane Howell, starring Trevor Peacock, Peter Benson, Julia Foster, Bernard Hill & Ron Cook.
Running time 203 minutes.


DVD BBC: Henry VI III
DVD BBC: Henry VI III
Directed by Jane Howell. Starring Peter Benson, Julia Foster, Bernard Hill, Ron Cook and Brian Protheroe.
Running time 211 minutes.


DVD BBC: Henry VIII
DVD BBC: Henry VIII
Directed by Kevin Billington, starring Claire Bloom, Timothy West, Julian Glover & Barbara Kellerman.
Running time 165 minutes.


DVD BBC: Julius Caesar
DVD BBC: Julius Caesar
Directed by Herbert Wise. Starring Richard Pasco, Keith Michell, Virginia McKenna & David Collins.
Running time 150 minutes.

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DVD BBC: King John
DVD BBC: King John
Directed by David Giles. Starring Leonard Rossiter, George Costigan, John Thaw and Claire Bloom.
Running time 155 minutes.


DVD BBC: King Lear
DVD BBC: King Lear
Starring Michael Hordern, Brenda Blethyn, Frank Middlemass & Penelope Wilton. Directed by Jonathan Miller.
Running time 185 minutes.


DVD BBC: Love's Labour's Lost
DVD BBC: Love's Labour's Lost
Directed by Elijah MoshinskyJonathan Kent, Maureen Lipman, Christopher Blake, Geoffrey Burridge & Mike Gwilym.
Running time 120 minutes.

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DVD BBC: Macbeth
DVD BBC: Macbeth
Starring Nicol Williamson and Jane Lapotaire. Directed by Jack Gold and produced by Shaun Sutton.
Running time 150 minutes.


DVD BBC: Measure for Measure
DVD BBC: Measure for Measure
Directed by Desmond Davis. Starring Kenneth Colley, Kate Nelligan, Tim Pigott-Smith & Christopher Strauli.
Running time 145 minutes.


DVD BBC: Merchant of Venice (The)
DVD BBC: Merchant of Venice (The)
Directed by Jack Gold. Starring Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-robbins, John Nettles & Kenneth Cranham.
Running time 157 minutes.


DVD BBC: Merry Wives of Windsor (The)
DVD BBC: Merry Wives of Windsor (The)
Directed by David Jones. Starring Richard Griffiths, Prunella Scales, Judy Davis & Alan Bennett.
Running time 170 minutes.

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DVD BBC: Midsummer Night's Dream (A)
DVD BBC: Midsummer Night's Dream (A)
Starring Helen Mirren and Robert Lindsay.Directed by Elijah Moshinsky and produced by Jonathan Miller.
Running time 115 minutes.


 
DVD BBC: Much Ado About Nothing
DVD BBC: Much Ado About Nothing
Directed by Stuart Burge. Starring Cherie Lunghi, Robert Lindsay, Robert Reynolds & Michael Elphick.
Running time 148 minutes.


DVD BBC: Othello
DVD BBC: Othello
Directed by Colin Lowrey, starring Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins, Penelope Wilton, David Yelland and Rosemary Leach.
Running time 205 minutes.  

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DVD BBC: Pericles Prince of Tyre
DVD BBC: Pericles Prince of Tyre
Directed by David Jones. Starring Mike Gwilym, Amanda Redman, John Woodvine & Annette Crosbie.
Running time 178 minutes.


  DVD BBC: Richard II
DVD BBC: Richard II
Directed by David Giles, starring Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch, Wendy Hiller & Charles Grey.
Running time 158 minutes.


  DVD BBC: Richard III
DVD BBC: Richard III
Directed by Jane Howell. Starring Ron Cook, Paul Jesson, Zoe Wanamaker, Brian Protheroe and Annette Crosbie.
Running time 239 minutes.

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  DVD BBC: Romeo and Juliet
DVD BBC: Romeo and Juliet
Directed by Alvin Rakoff, starring Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, Michael Hordern, John Gielgud & Alan Rickman.
Running time 168 minutes.


  DVD BBC: Taming of the Shrew
DVD BBC: Taming of the Shrew
Directed by Jonathan Miller. Starring John Cleese, Anthony Pedley, John Franklyn-Robbins & Joan Hickson.
Running time 128 minutes.


  DVD BBC: Tempest (The)
DVD BBC: Tempest (The)
Directed by John Gorrie, starring Michael Hordern, Warren Clarke and Pippa Guard.
Running time 125 minutes.  

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DVD BBC: Timon of Athens
DVD BBC: Timon of Athens
Directed by Jonathan Miller. Starring Jonathan Pryce, Norman Rodway, John Shrapnel & Geoffrey Collins.
Running time 128 minutes.


  DVD BBC: Titus Andronicus
DVD BBC: Titus Andronicus
Directed by Jane Howell, starring Trevor Peacock, Eileen Atkins, Edward Hardwicke & Anna Calder-Marshall.
Running time 168 minutes.


  DVD BBC: Troilus and Cressida
DVD BBC: Troilus and Cressida
Directed by Jonathan Miller. Starring Anton Lesser, Suzanne Burden, Charles Gray & Benjamin Whitrow.
Running time 190 minutes.

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  DVD BBC: Twelfth Night
DVD BBC: Twelfth Night
Directed by John Gorrie. Starring Alec McCowen, Robert Hardy, Felicity Kendall, Sinead Cusack & Trevor Peacock.
Running time 128 minutes.
  DVD BBC: Two Gentlemen of Verona (The)
DVD BBC: Two Gentlemen of Verona (The)
Directed by Don Taylor. Starring Tyler Butterworth, John Hudson, Tessa Peake-Jones & Tony Haygarth.
Running time 137 minutes. Certificate PG. Suitable for play in Zone 2 & 4 format only.


  DVD BBC: Winter's Tale (The)
DVD BBC: Winter's Tale (The)
Directed by Jane Howell. Starring Jeremy Kemp, Anna Calder-Marshall, Robert Stephens & Debbie Farrington.
Running time 173 minutes.

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