BBC Television Shakespeare - Season 1 Episode 16 : The Winter's Tale
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.
- Eps. 1 : Romeo and Juliet1978-12-03
- Eps. 2 : King Richard the Second1978-12-10
- Eps. 3 : As You Like It1978-12-17
- Eps. 4 : Julius Caesar1979-02-11
- Eps. 5 : Measure For Measure1979-02-18
- Eps. 6 : King Henry the Eighth1979-02-25
- Eps. 7 : King Henry the Fourth, Part I1979-12-09
- Eps. 8 : King Henry the Fourth, Part II1979-12-16
- Eps. 9 : King Henry the Fifth1979-12-23
- Eps. 11 : The Tempest1980-02-27
- Eps. 12 : Hamlet, Prince of Denmark1980-02-27
- Eps. 13 : The Taming of the Shrew1980-10-23
- Eps. 14 : The Merchant of Venice1980-02-17
- Eps. 15 : All's Well That Ends Well1981-01-04
- Eps. 16 : The Winter's Tale1981-02-08
- Eps. 17 : Timon of Athens1981-04-16
- Eps. 18 : Antony and Cleopatra1981-05-08
- Eps. 19 : Othello1981-10-04
- Eps. 20 : Troilus and Cressida1981-11-07
- Eps. 21 : A Midsummer Night's Dream1981-12-13
- Eps. 22 : King Lear1982-09-19
- Eps. 23 : The Merry Wives of Windsor1982-12-28
- Eps. 24 : King Henry the Sixth, Part I1983-01-02
- Eps. 25 : King Henry the Sixth, Part II1983-01-09
- Eps. 28 : Cymbeline1983-07-10
- Eps. 29 : Macbeth1983-11-05
- Eps. 30 : The Comedy of Errors1983-12-24
- Eps. 31 : The Two Gentlemen of Verona1983-12-27
- Eps. 32 : The Tragedy of Coriolanus1984-04-21
- Eps. 34 : Pericles, Prince of Tyre1984-12-08
- Eps. 35 : Much Ado About Nothing1984-12-22
- Eps. 36 : Love's Labour's Lost1985-01-05
- Eps. 37 : Titus Andronicus1985-04-27