Shakespeare Re-Told

BAFTA TV AWARD® winner

Season 1

Playful and cunning, these Shakespeare adaptations breathe new life into four classic plays. Macbeth is the chef in a three-star restaurant. Beatrice and Benedick are rival co-anchors on a nightly newscast. Titania and Bottom revel together in a theme resort called Dream Park. The eccentric Petruchio attempts to tame the conservative MP Kate in a politically incorrect marriage of convenience.

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IMDb 7.820054 episodesTV-PG

Drama•Comedy•Romance

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S1 E1 - Much Ado About Nothing
November 6, 2005
1 h 29 min
TV-PG
When the bickering between broadcasters Beatrice (Sarah Parish) and Benedick (Damian Lewis) gets too much to take, their colleagues at South West TV come up with a cunning plan to shut the pair up. Meanwhile, lovely weathergirl Hero and dashing reporter Claude are a match made in heaven - but does everyone want to see them so happy?
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S1 E2 - Macbeth
November 14, 2005
1 h 26 min
TV-PG
Top chef Joe Macbeth has worked hard to make Duncan Docherty's restaurant a success. So, when he's told it'll all be his one day, what's to stop him taking it now?
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S1 E3 - The Taming of the Shrew
November 21, 2005
1 h 25 min
TV-14
Katherine Minola is a successful politician, tipped for the leadership of her party. The only problem is, her awful temper has left her a 38 year old singleton, and everyone, from her party chairman to her sister, wants her to get married. Is passionate eccentric Petruchio the answer to her prayers?
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S1 E4 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
November 28, 2005
1 h 25 min
TV-14
Theo and Polly have come to Dream Park to celebrate their daughter Hermia's engagement. But the course of true love never did run smooth, and the night ahead holds revelations, fairies, transformations and plenty of love juice.
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