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James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity
The Professor looks at the differences between Shakespeare's Elizabethan and Jacobean work
  1. James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity
    02:24
    James Shapiro discusses Shakespeare's productivity
  2. The challenges of playing Demelza
    02:00
    The challenges of playing Demelza
  3. 'Aidan was our one and only choice'
    01:47
    'Aidan was our one and only choice'
  4. The difficulties of making Poldark on a budget
    02:41
    The difficulties of making Poldark on a budget
  5. Ben Miller remembers Professor Brian Cox in a rage
    01:11
    Ben Miller remembers Professor Brian Cox in a rage
  6. Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
    02:37
    Maxine Peake on the challenges of playing Hamlet
  7. Yanis Varoufakis on Margaret Thatcher
    02:56
    Yanis Varoufakis on Margaret Thatcher
  8. Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
    05:41
    Claire Harman reads an extract from her book Charlotte Brontë: A Life
  9. Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
    07:45
    Thomas Keneally on the girl in red in Schindler's List
  10. Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
    01:19
    Sam Mendes on Judi Dench
  11. Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
    00:52
    Stephen Frears on the Oscars diversity row
  12. Sam Mendes on the James Bond franchise
    01:22
    Sam Mendes on the James Bond franchise
  13. What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
    01:37
    What Shakespeare and today's soap opera writers have in common
  14. The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
    02:07
    The worst 'knock, knock' joke Shakespeare never told
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