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The Best Episodes of The BBC Television Shakespeare Season 5

Every episode of The BBC Television Shakespeare Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The BBC Television Shakespeare Season 5!

The Best Episodes of The BBC Television Shakespeare Season 5

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...

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    #1 - King Lear

    S5:E1

    Classic play by William Shakespeare about an ageing King who decides to divide his Kingdom between his three daughters.

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    #2 - The Merry Wives of Windsor

    S5:E2

    Comedy by William Shakespeare; the only one of his plays set in England in his own time. The roguish Sir John Falstaff attempts to seduce both Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, but finds both women are more than a match for him.

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    #3 - The First Part of Henry the Sixt

    S5:E3

    A television presentation of the first part of Shakespeare's Henry VI. Henry V is dead and war continues with France. The Wars of the Roses are threatening and the Duke of York taunts the Earl of Somerset.

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    #4 - The Second Part of Henry the Sixt

    S5:E4

    The BBC's screen production of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part II.

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    Director:Jane Howell
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    #5 - The Third Part of Henry the Sixt

    S5:E5

    The BBC Production of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part III. Richard, Duke of Gloucester, aspiring to usurp the English crown plots to murder the deposed king in this concluding part of the Henry VI trilogy.

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    #6 - The Tragedy of Richard III

    S5:E6

    The rise and fall of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, whose murderous Machiavellian schemes help him to the throne of England, but make him far too many enemies along the way.

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    #7 - The Tragedy of Richard III

    S5:E7

    The rise and fall of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, whose murderous Machiavellian schemes help him to the throne of England, but make him far too many enemies along the way.

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"King Lear" is the best rated episode of "The BBC Television Shakespeare" season 5. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Jonathan Miller and written by William Shakespeare, it aired on 9/19/1982. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "The Merry Wives of Windsor".