37) THE WINTER’S TALE BBC SHAKESPEARE COLLECTION

The Winter’s Tale TV Movie 1981 2h 53m King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life. Director - Jane Howell Writer - William Shakespeare Stars - John Welsh, David Burke, Robert Stephens, Jeremy Kemp, Anna Calder-Marshall, Merelina Kendall, Susan Brodrick, John Bailey, Cyril Luckham, John Benfield, Margaret Tyzack