Shakespeare's Restless World - Video clips

Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, talks about his new series on Radio 4 which explores the world of William Shakespeare.

Neil MacGregor introduces Drake's Circumnavigation Medal.

Every age has its own fantasy of the great city and for Shakespeare's it was Venice.

Neil MacGregor examines Henry V's battle equipment at his tomb in Westminster Abbey.

Neil MacGregor examines a trunk which was used to conceal the identity of its owner.

An Aztec obsidian mirror, said to belong to Dr John Dee.

International trade and the golden power of Morocco in Shakespeare's Restless World.

Neil MacGregor examines the eye of Edward Oldcorne, a Catholic priest executed in 1606.

A musical clock made in Blackfriars, 1598 by Nicholas Vallin.