Henry is a lonely man with good intentions. But that doesn’t protect him from getting himself into trouble with the church.

An intense, curious teenager awakens a metaphysical force which tries to communicate some type of message to him.

King Lear decides to divide his kingdom among his daughters basing on their protestations of love for him. But the youngest refuses to answer and finds herself banished, and the other two instead plot to take all his power from him.

Jake McQuillan lives in the shadow of his dying grandfather, who used to be the toughest man in town.

A sparkling modern take on a Shakespeare classic, Russell T Davies's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream sees a cast of acting royalty and incredible new talent bringing the Bard's words to life in this spellbinding adaptation.

A quiet housewife and charwoman is abused and exploited by just about everybody, including her daughter-in-law.

While King Henry IV attempts to unite the warring factions making up his kingdom, his son Prince Hal prefers the rumbustious company of Sir John Falstaff.

The King of Sicily is convinced his wife is guilty of adultery with his close friend Polixenes. He imprisons her and tries to kill Polixenes, setting in motion a train of events.

A prophecy leads Macbeth and his wife to murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath does not end there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down.

After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and war.