Simon Schama's Shakespeare (2012)
- HD 1080
- Runtime: 59m.
- Status: Ended
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom
- Director: Ashley Gething
- Stars: Simon Schama, Harriet Walter, Peter de Jersey, Simon Russell Beale, Tobias Menzies
- keywords: miniseries
- Production_studio: Oxford Film and Television, BBC
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 2
- First air date: 2012-06-22
- Last air date: 2012-06-29
- providers: BBC Select Apple Tv channel
- The Simon Schama's Shakespeare is featured in the top rankings of 2012
- #60 in Top Documentary Series of 2012
Simon Schama explores the life and times of William Shakespeare to shed a new and fascinating light on some of the greatest plays ever written. He asks the question: "What came first, Englishness, or Shakespeare's idea of it?" and produces a persuasive argument in favour of the latter.