Classic Drama

Cottage-core

How period dramas fuel our obsession with rural English lifestyle

Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner

What Way Out for the Free Agent?

Patrick McGoohan in The Prisoner

A look at how episodes of 'Danger Man' influenced 'The Prisoner' "From its beginning to its end, there is a near-palpable, mythological aura surrounding this cult series."

The Shakespeare Collection

The Shakespeare Collection

The Shakespeare Collection

In 1978, Cedric Messina persuaded the British Broadcasting Corporation to take on the task of filming the whole canon of William Shakespeare's plays for television, under the title The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare.