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The Spread Of The Eagle
''The Spread of the Eagle'' is a nine-part serial adaptation of three sequential history plays of William Shakespeare, ''Coriolanus'', ''Julius Caesar'', and '' Antony and Cleopatra'', produced by the BBC in 1963. It was inspired by the success of ''An Age of Kings'' (1960), which it was unable to rival. The episodes also aired in West Germany in 1968-69 and in 1972. The series was recorded directly to film, and so persevered by the BBC Film Library, meaning all episodes still exist. The episodes "The Hero" * First transmitted: 3 May 1963 * Running time: 50 minutes * Content: ''Coriolanus'', Acts I and II. Cast * Robert Hardy as Caius Martius Coriolanus * Roland Culver as Menenius Agrippa * Beatrix Lehmann as Volumnia * Frank Pettingell as Junius Brutus * Bernard Lloyd as Citizen * Terry Wale as Citizen * Michael Graham Cox as Citizen * Paul Bailey as Citizen * Roy Herrick as Messenger * Maurice Colbourne as Roman Senator * Noel Johnson as Cominius * Roger Croucher as Titu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Television Drama
BBC television dramas have been produced and broadcast since even before the public service company had an officially established television broadcasting network in the United Kingdom. As with any major broadcast network, drama forms an important part of its schedule, with many of the BBC's top-rated programmes being from this genre. From the 1950s through to the 1980s the BBC received much acclaim for the range and scope of its drama productions, producing series, serials and plays across a range of genres, from soap opera to science-fiction to costume drama, with the 1970s in particular being regarded as a critical and cultural high point in terms of the quality of dramas being produced. In the 1990s, a time of change in the British television industry, the department went through much internal confusion and external criticism, but since the beginning of the 21st century has begun to return to form with a run of critical and popular successes, despite continual accusations of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |