The BBC Television Shakespeare · SEASON 1

The Merchant of Venice

Episode 14 · 1980-12-17

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  • Drama
  • Comedy

Episode overview

Antonio's best friend, Bassiano, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antonio's money tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a Jewish usurer, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit a pound of his flesh if the debt is unpaid. When Antonio's ships are wrecked, Shylock calls for the contract to be filled.

157 minutes

Season 1 episodes

1. Romeo & Juliet1978-12-03 2. King Richard the Second1978-12-10 3. As You Like It1978-12-17 4. Julius Caesar1979-02-11 5. Measure for Measure1979-02-18 6. The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight1979-02-25 7. The First Part of King Henry the Fourth with the Life and Death of Henry Surnamed Hotspur1979-12-09 8. The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift1979-12-16 9. The Life of Henry the Fifth1979-12-23 10. Twelfth Night1980-01-06 11. The Tempest1980-02-27 12. Hamlet, Prince of Denmark1980-05-25 13. The Taming of the Shrew1980-10-23 14. The Merchant of Venice1980-12-17 15. All's Well That Ends Well1981-01-04 16. The Winter's Tale1981-02-08 17. Timon of Athens1981-04-16 18. Antony and Cleopatra1981-05-08 19. Othello1981-10-04 20. Troilus and Cressida1981-11-07 21. A Midsummer Night's Dream1981-12-13 22. King Lear1982-09-19 23. The Merry Wives of Windsor1982-12-28 24. The First Part of Henry the Sixth1983-01-02 25. The Second Part of Henry the Sixth1983-01-09 26. The Third Part of Henry the Sixth1983-01-16 27. The Tragedy of Richard III1983-01-23 28. Cymbeline1983-07-10 29. Macbeth1983-11-05 30. The Comedy of Errors1983-12-24 31. The Two Gentlemen of Verona1983-12-27 32. The Tragedy of Coriolanus1984-04-21 33. The Life & Death of King John1984-11-24 34. Pericles, Prince of Tyre1984-12-08 35. Much Ado About Nothing1984-12-22 36. Love's Labour's Lost1985-01-05 37. Titus Andronicus1985-04-27