Shakespeare or Bust

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.

In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko. Filmed live from the 1982 Stratford Festival in Ontario.

Rides, boxing booths, and a dog-faced monkey keep on moving as the travelling fair hits Mitcham and Stratford-upon-Avon, with a look in at Blackpool.

This Traveltalk series short visits several points of interest in England, including the port of Liverpool, war destruction at Coventry, the historic Warwick Castle, and Stratford-on-Avon, the birthplace of William Shakespeare.

Short documentary film about Maryland, a corner of Stratford neglected by the Olympic ‘regeneration’. Seen through the eyes of veteran grime emcee Chronik.

Michael Wood tells the extraordinary story of an ordinary woman in a time of revolution. Born during the reign of Henry VIII, Mary Arden is the daughter of a Warwickshire farmer, but she marries into a new life in the rising Tudor middle class in Stratford-upon-Avon. There she has eight children, three of whom die young. Her husband becomes mayor, but is bankrupted by his shady business dealings. Faced with financial ruin, religious persecution and power politics, the family is the glue that keeps them together until they are rescued by Mary's successful eldest son - William Shakespeare!

The annual mop fair in Stratford-Upon-Avon, including the roasting of an ox.

They are between 14 and 17 years old and live with other teenagers in a home in the heart of the Vosges forest. All of them have been placed there by social services.

In a dystopian future, the population is divided between the elite "numbers" and the destitute "names" who escape the hardships of the their lives at a magic cabaret run by Zax. When Zax falls for a slumming-it "number" he builds a robot replica of her.

A journalist states in her weekly column the reasons why she does not want to have any children, defending her position on life and motherhood. But she will have to rethink her beliefs when she meets her new neighbor and his little daughter.

A tough lady trucker trains her girly best friend to compete in the National Ladies Arm Wrestling Championship.

Relishing humiliation and despair in the most comedic of ways, Aussie Anne's bawdy, self deprecating hour is punctuated with visual punchlines and satirical stories. From sex and dating to her time working in the mental health sector, (via her rubber-faced, triple chinned alter ego "Bernadette"), this is a right eddo-taining ride.

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

After getting a university degree, Marek Grzyb comes back to his village and does his best to convince the people to modernize.

Ah Cheng needs money. His best friend, Ah Zhi, is willing to bail him out but he wants Xiaoya, Ah Cheng's wife, to go with him on a trip abroad.

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A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his innocence. Once again she begins her own investigation.

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Company presents As You Like It.