The BBC Television Shakespeare · SEASON 1

King Lear

Episode 22 · 1982-09-19

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Season 1Episode 22★ N/A/10

Drama
Comedy

Episode overview

When England's ageing King Lear renounces his throne to divide his kingdom among his three daughters, treachery, madness and murder soon follow. After banishing Cordelia, his most loyal daughter, Lear is betrayed and cast out by her elder sisters Regan and Goneril. Meanwhile, evil brews at the Gloucester castle as Edgar falls victim to his brother's deception. As battle lines are drawn and backs are stabbed, Lear rages against a fearsome storm. Can a man undo his wrongs? Will Cordelia be saved? Or will the wheels of fate crush all in its way?

185 minutes

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