The BBC Television Shakespeare · SEASON 1
Titus Andronicus
Episode 37 · 1985-04-27

- Drama
- Comedy
Episode overview
Having subdued the Goths, warrior Titus Andronicus returns to Rome to bury his sons, with Gothic Queen Tamora and her retinue as captives. The newly-dead Roman Emperor's two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, are competing for their father's title. According to Roman custom, Titus sacrifices Tamora's eldest son to the Gods; having the deciding vote, he also chooses Saturninus as Emperor.
167 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