Derek Jacobi looks at Richard II, a role he played 30 years ago. He helps actors at the Globe with aspects of the play and reveals why it might have cost Shakespeare his life. Show more

Director Trevor Nunn looks at the magical and mysterious world created in Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the strange personal insights hidden within the last play he ever wrote. Show more

David Tennant, whose own RSC performance as Hamlet was a huge hit, meets other actors who have played the role and tries to unravel the meaning of the play. Show more

Jeremy Irons uncovers the extraordinary appeal of Shakespeare's History Plays. He unravels the differences between the real history and the drama that Shakespeare creates. Show more

In Twelfth Night and As You Like It, Joely Richardson investigates the legacy of two comic heroines and how Shakespeare revealed an acute understanding and sympathy for women. Show more

Ethan Hawke uncovers the true story behind Macbeth, seeing some of the greatest productions and discovering the insights into the criminal mind that Shakespeare reveals. Show more