Every season of The BBC Television Shakespeare ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of The BBC Television Shakespeare!

Romeo & Juliet

King Richard the Second

As You Like It

Julius Caesar

Measure for Measure

The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight

The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur

The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift

The Life of Henry the Fifth

Twelfth Night

The Tempest

Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

The Taming of the Shrew

The Merchant of Venice

All's Well That Ends Well

The Winter's Tale

Timon of Athens

Antony and Cleopatra

Othello

Troilus and Cressida

A Midsummer Night's Dream

King Lear

The Merry Wives of Windsor

The First Part of Henry the Sixth

The Second Part of Henry the Sixth

The Third Part of Henry the Sixth

The Tragedy of Richard III

Cymbeline

Macbeth

The Comedy of Errors

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

The Tragedy of Coriolanus

The Life & Death of King John

Pericles, Prince of Tyre

Much Ado About Nothing

Love's Labour's Lost

Titus Andronicus

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.

The Best Seasons of The BBC Television Shakespeare

The Best Seasons of The BBC Television Shakespeare

Season 1