The BBC Television Shakespeare - Season 5

Season 5
Network
Episodes6
DatesSep 19, 1982 - Jan 23, 1983
Episodes

Season 5Episode 1150 min
King Lear
Classic play by William Shakespeare about an ageing King who decides to divide his Kingdom between his three daughters.
Sep 19, 1982

Season 5Episode 2150 min
The Merry Wives of Windsor
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.
Dec 28, 1982

Season 5Episode 3150 min
King Henry the Sixth, Part I
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.
Jan 2, 1983

Season 5Episode 4150 min
King Henry the Sixth, Part II
The BBC's screen production of William Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part II.
Jan 9, 1983

Season 5Episode 5150 min
King Henry the Sixth, Part III
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.
Jan 16, 1983

Season 5Episode 6150 min
The Tragedy of Richard III
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.
Jan 23, 1983
Recently Updated Shows
Recently updated shows that might be of your interest.

Days of Our Lives
Days of our Lives is set in the fictitious Midwestern town of Salem. The core families are the Bradys, the Hortons and the DiMeras, and the multi-layered storylines involve elements of romance, adventure, mystery, comedy and drama.
Beginning on September 12, 2022, DAYS became exclusive to streaming on Peacock.

The Pitt
The Pitt is a realistic examination of the challenges facing healthcare workers in today's America as seen through the lens of the frontline heroes working in a modern-day hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Each episode follows an hour of Dr. Robby's 15-hour shift as the chief attendant in Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital's emergency room.


