Air date: 1980-10-23

Runtime: 126 min

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.

Air date: 1980-12-17

Runtime: 157 min

BBC televisation of William Shakespeare's classic comedy about prejudice, love, loss and gain.

Air date: 1981-01-04

Runtime: 142 min

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.

Air date: 1981-02-08

Runtime: 173 min

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.

Air date: 1981-04-16

Runtime: 128 min

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.

Air date: 1981-05-08

Runtime: 170 min

Shakespeare's classic story of Mark Antony, Roman military leader and triumvir, who is madly in love with Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.