Shakespeare Retold Much Ado About Nothing Part 1

[SmallTalkInc]

i love those little hints towards the play:p 'Not all woman Leonard, not all women."

[IseaANarmy]

Not all women Leonard. Not all women.

[kopitemaka]

What?? His 'Hamlet' is NOT dire!!

[BluberryMuffin652]

BILLIE PIPER

[dkerris]

Ok, the second Damian sprayed 'himself' I lost it.

[itsNOTaSALAD]

Just a warning to anyone who is watching this instead of reading the book I suggest you watch the version with Emma Thompson as Beatrice as it almost sticks exactly to the original play. But then watch this because it's really funny :)

[janistonbest]

@itsNOTaSALAD

i agree entirely. Kenneth Branagh's directing is impeccable as always, the on-screen interactions of him and Emma Thompson are to die for :)

[MalsLeftEye]

@janistonbest As always?! His Hamlet is dire x.x

[janistonbest]

@MalsLeftEye

mmmm, arguably :D "as usual" better? :)

[MalsLeftEye]

@janistonbest Much. Although after having seen Thor I'm not so sure any more!

[MalsLeftEye]

@janistonbest As always?! His Hamlet is dire x.x

[MalsLeftEye]

@janistonbest As always?! His Hamlet is dire x.x

[TomLawson11]

what year was this in

[janistonbest]

@TomLawson11

do you mean when this was released? i think they showed it on the BBC 2005 or 2006.

[jasminelovefilm]

Good film :)

[LaDracul]

I know that Damian Lewis is also in "Your Highness", but to find out that the guy who plays hapless manservant Courtney is also in this?! SCORE!!!!

[citygirl71]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! As an English teacher, THANK YOU!

[thallassocracy]

Beatrice as a cheese commentator on Wessex local TV. If Shakespeare had thought of that, he would have used it too.

[obiwanobiwan13]

@thallassocracy To taste or not to taste...

Now THAT is the question! ;)

[urbangekko]

Holy shit! Rose Tyler is the weather girl. she must be stuck in time without the doctor :) nah, I know it's Billie Piper. She's epic and seriously hot

[amandavannie]

I had to watch this video for my Shakespeare class homework...

[WillShakespeare2007]

@amandavannie They asked you to watch this for Shakespeare homework? Why it is not Shakespeare?

[freakypencils31]

Billie Piper's adorable. :>

[lozwick]

i was recently in much ado and cause we're quite young my drama teacher suggested watching this to get our characters and their background a bit more.. my beatrice went on to get a lot of laughs and a good review ;D

[soultaker30]

I loved all the Shakespeare retold. :D Favorite is the taming of the shrew!

[FantasmaLuna]

Sarah Parish and Emma Thompson: BEST BEATRICES EVER!!!

[luckygreensocks]

i love you for uploading this.

[LivveHult]

hehehee "not aall women leonard... not aall..."

[woteva1234]

Billie Piper is my fave actress :)

[MissMovieMistroxx]

haha lol at school we are doing about this and we watched this one and the one in shakepreres time lol xx im such a nerd why am i watching it tonight lol xx but i just love it xx

[Thamnophis]

Thank you, thank you, thank you so very, very much for sharing this. :)))) It's been YEARS since I've been able to rewatch this!

[ThePandas95]

Thankyou so much for posting this.

Muchly Appreciated

x

[cucumberr1]

thanks so much! i have been looking for this everywhere. it is sooo funny!

[LoveUKtelly]

Damian Lewis :P

[pinkishgirlyXfilms]

i love this so much.

[hannnazus]

Love the movie... but Tom Jones singing reminds me of grandmother and all my maiden, spinster, & widowed aunts gathering around the TV set on Friday (or ? Sat.) nights when I was in residence (nursing) - I had permission to spend days off at my grandparents. Tom Jones in 1969-72 was like listening to an old "crooner" like Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby. (tho' he did sing with Elvis & THAT was appealing! Tom has such a magnificent voice but I shall never recover from the images of '69-72!

[MaxBurnout1200]

lol, im just watcching this so i dont have to read the book

[Thandiwe15]

@MaxBurnout1200 ha ha lazy lazy u have to watch the actual Shakespearean to understand the book

[hearts000able]

Margaret reminds me of a young Margot Kidder

Thanks for uploading, great, funny rewrite! Love the music, Tom Jones ha ha

[hearts000able]

I meant Beatrice, played by Sahar Parrish, reminds me of Margot Kidder from the Superman movies with Christopher Reeves

[Sarahbelivwithus]

i like this version, its cool :)

[MamaMario13]

rose tyler is in this

[Vondropz]

Billie Piper :L

ROFLMAO

[pooples13]

"Hero...how do you just know about the weather!?" LOL love him XD

[fuzziecat16]

this doesn't really stick to the story....

[joemhadz]

@fuzziecat16 of course it is in modern setting but still the flow of story is like the original

[GrainneMhaol]

I'm not a fan of the Shakespeare Retold series in general as the adaptations didn't really work for me, but this is actually very faithful to the play except for Hero growing some ovaries in the end, but that's an improvement as far as I'm concerned.

[janistonbest]

*hooray* for growing ovaries, as weird as it sounds!!! :)

thanks for commenting. thought i was a major improvement to the original story, too.

--J

[obiwanobiwan13]

@GrainneMhaol I agree that adaptations of Shakespeare are tricky at best, and need MASTERFUL direction to pull off if you're going to update it.

This was.

And, if you haven't seen it- the "Taming of the Shrew" one is astoundingly well done and faithful to the concept as well... a bit too "modern" in parts, but pretty good overall, and the actress that plays Kate is PERFECT.

Here's an American for BBC's "Shakespeare Retold" and the Master in general!

[GrainneMhaol]

@obiwanobiwan13 I did see Taming of the Shrew and to be honest it didn't appeal to me. It was probably very faithful to the source but it just left a bad taste in my mouth. There was something almost misogynistic about the portrayal of Kat and most of the characters were deeply unlikeable. I prefer this one.

[obiwanobiwan13]

@GrainneMhaol Actually, I think that "Shrew" is a highly feministic piece; the fact the male dominance is so overdone satirizes and criticizes it, while Kate is depicted as being a strong female (one of the first strong female characters, and earliest strong ones) and her end speech in the play, which is basically saying that men are great and women need to be subserviant, is so contrary that i may be speculatted that she's faking her concession so she might actually get her way- well, anyway...

[GirlwithSwordandBow]

@GrainneMhaol "'growing some ovaries"! I love it! I'm going to always say that now, you rock! Thank you for taking a giant leap for feminism in one comment

[al1936ful]

@GrainneMhaol To me, no adaptation of Shakespeare is faithful if they replace all the dialogue with modern English. Shakespeare *is* his dialogue.

This is just a ploy to get viewers who don't want to bother with studying the original interested. It panders to people who don't want to learn to appreciate the real thing.

[GrainneMhaol]

@al1936ful To some, "Clueless" is the most faithful adaptation of Jane Austen's "Emma" that is out there. It captures the spirit and wit of the original, despite the fact that it is set in a different time and place. Something can be considered faithful to the overall story while making changes that are appropriate. I think they did a great job of retaining the plot, characterisation and emotion of "Taming" while updating some of the more archaic elements.

[GrainneMhaol]

@GrainneMhaol Lots of intelligent people (including myself) enjoyed this one, while appreciating the original. Please don't make assumptions about our motivations for doing so.

[rbain007]

@GrainneMhaol the BBC 2009 version of Emma is the most faithful to the original!

[GrainneMhaol]

@rbain007 As much as it pains me to say so, I prefer the Gwyneth Paltrow version. It has a light-heartedness that the 2009 version does not, while retaining the wit of the novel. I also prefer the chemistry between Paltrow and Jeremy Northam who is delicious as Knightley.

[Notawesomeatall7]

@GrainneMhaol I'm going to use that term from now on, "Growing ovaries," it's sounds better than growing some balls.

[BernardProfitendieu]

looks (and sounds) like crap

[MuslimaticMuslimah]

To the poster of the vid - if you were going to summarise this play in two lines, what would you say? Thanks in advance

[janistonbest]

omg, if they block the audio, that's gonna be piiiiissseed! >:( tards. tell me if it blocks, audio, in which case i will be forced to delete the vid, edit my original so that it cuts at the start and post again. cheers.

---J, happy watching xx

[mastrokid]

AH! i love damien lewis! no matter what he does he will always be winters from band of brothers to me! thank god he shaves off that terrifying goatee!

[123CeeGee]

ive wanted to see this for ages and damian is my fav actor =) i love band of brothers but i prefer him in life but i dunno why but hes amazing in all the things tht hes been in :)

[cricketmunchkin]

Life was such an amazing programme! I can't believe they're not making another one!!

[yugioh123456786]

thanks for this i really needed to see this

[janistonbest]

no problem at all :D

[lunamoths]

THANK YOU! I've been wanting to watch this for a year.

[janistonbest]

you're welcome :) glad you enjoyed it :)

[luxuriousnax]

Love Damien Lewis in this :)

[0DoctorWhoFreak0]

thank you!!

[SciFigirl281]

Billie was WAY better as Rose, but she's still good as this role!

[lemongirlohyeah]

ha ha Claude was in Eastenders !!

[imscarlet]

I've watched the whole Shakespeare-retold series. love them so much!!!

Thank you for up loading this! well done!

[1niloc3]

just finished seeing The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare-told and had to come find something else by BBC. hope this one is just as great as the other. thanks for posting.

[janistonbest]

arrh, awesome, hope you enjoy!!

[MuslimaticMuslimah]

1niloc3 - I know, me too. Shakespeare is always brilliant but 'The Taming of the Shrew' was a legendary retelling. I loved every minute of it. BBC have outdone themselves.

[katiemayyy710]

I'm really impressed with this Shakespeare Retold stuff! I was a little wary at first, thinking it was going to be some bad attempt to modernize such a great play, but it really is good! I'm watching it for a second time! XD

[QueenBee2889]

OMG where did u find this?? ive been looking for ages with no luck!

[waterlily423]

soames!

[halogen123]

The BBC did an amazing job on this, it was brilliant and I really hope they show repeats again soon on TV.

[janistonbest]

oh, i actually remember catching the end of MAAN on tv recently, forget what channel, and dont know about the rest of the series, im sure they do them sometimes..

[sarahlebas]

The whole "retold" series was amazing but this was definately my favorite

[carviangli]

thanks so much I'm doing this in school...!

[100PercentGeeks]

Keep watching the DVDs *am addicted* My Favourites are Much Ado, Taming + Macbeth

I love the Tom Jones music in this

But I feel sorry for Don

I LOVE THE SAD CLOWN MAKE UP!!

[SakuraStar89]

I have the dvd series, and this is my absolute favorite of all the retolds. Ben and Bea totally win. I love the snappy comebacks!

[zadniprur]

love is not like candy

[tinadeb]

Watched 'The Taming of The Shrew' and its perfect cast. Adored Rufus Sewell who was good looking wearing feminine clothing and doing great comedy. I also very much enjoyed 'Macbeth'. I'm very sure I will also enjoy 'Much Ado'. Casting for all 3 'Retolds' are perfect. Thank you for uploading this.

[janistonbest]

no prob! thanks for watching :D i really enjoyed the retold series too! yup, taming of the shrew was perfectly done!! there was also midsummer night's dream, cause there were 4 in the series, but i have yet to see that :) take care!!

[paigereeder]

Thank you! I've been looking for this.^_^

[jesschillin90]

Thank you, thank you and thank you! I love these especially this one.

A god send =)

[GingerPimpette]

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you! I had this on dvd ages ago but can't find it for some reason. This was the best one thay did in this series Sarah Parish is BRILLIANT

[janistonbest]

hmm :D i agree, she's wonderful!! the whole Shakespeare re-told series was genius, i think, all of them! :) thanks for watching, really glad you enjoyed did as much as i did ;)

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[chrislozeau]

Thanks for uploading! :)

[janistonbest]

*thumbs up* you're very welcome :)) thank you for watching ;)

[tailsxx86]

my fave film, like, everrrrrrrrr (:

[EatMyShortsYum]

thank you! =]

just wondering what other Shakespeare Retolds were there?

[janistonbest]

oh, if you search Shakespeare Re-told you will find the whole of The Taming of The Shrew uploaded by an awesome person (which i highly recommend, i really loved it) and i think there is also the whole of Macbeth uploaded too. i'm pretty sure there's an Othello, but i dont think anybody uploaded the whole thing yet. but anyway, seriously consider watching the taming of the shrew, it's AMAZING! cast is perfect. :)) take care!!

[craftylaura]

Sarah parish is brilliant! Still funny each time I see it! Thanks for posting it! :P

[brokenxstitches]

i love this. OMG you're my hero!!!

thanks so much for this :DDD

[janistonbest]

thanks for watching! glad you're enjoying it, i loved this too!! :) take care..

[hvuseenmemonster]

erm, what's the song at the start? Thanks very much for posting!!

[janistonbest]

no problem, glad you're enjoying it. it's (Just) Help Yourself by Tom Jones. ;))

[hvuseenmemonster]

Ooo thanks so much!! and thanks again for postin! oh, and do you know the last part, do you know what it means? whats it about them both laughing because they forgot what they were there for??

[janistonbest]

yeah, they just crack up because they make a joke about how they don't even know how they ended up together :D

[charmainetanmingxia]

I've watched this like thrice on television when they were showing it and I completely loved it! I've been searching for this online for ages cos I really wanted to see it again. So thank you, thank you so much!!!

[janistonbest]

haha, i know what you mean! i was so happy when i finally found it! thanks for watching, and you're welcome :))

xx

[lizzylozzi]

THANK YOU :) looking for this

[UnforgivenRose]

Thank you so much for this!

<3 Billie!

[merielrose]

Billie is Hero! ZOMG yay!

[trixiebell62792]

Isn't Claud the same guy who played Tom Milligan in Doctor Who?? I'm not sure because he doesn't have a beard.

[punk0star]

i think so, im not sure though!?

[UnforgivenRose]

I dont think so... he might be... One minute, Ill have a look

[jadekr]

love this thank do you have the taming of the shrew?

[janistonbest]

:( sorry, not right now... i've been looking for it to download, but haven' found it so far. i'll let you know if i find it though! :)) thanks for watching! x

[jadekr]

thanks for looking.

[reb1391]

ha i got confused for a second when billie said "23, 24 degrees? sounds like a perfect day" sounds pretty cold to me. haha but then i remembered everyone else uses celsius or whatev. thanks for posting the movie!

[remyslove]

i cant get enuf of this it is my favourite shakespeare play! sarah parish is perfect damien lewis is great. o its just brilliant

[janistonbest]

too right! it's gotta be my favourite shakespeare play too! it rocks!

[TheDoctorsRose1]

I love Billie Piper! She's so great in this!

: )

[uchiha5555]

yh! ma english teacher showed dis us a few weeeks ago but she never showed us da whole thing so i was pretty gutted

[sweetmother2406]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Have been waiting and watching for this one to be posted for so long! I adore Damien Lewis and Sarah Parrish!

[janistonbest]

:O me too! sarah parish is awesome :)) thanks

[lucygaravito11]

wow, thank you sooo much for posting this! :)

[janistonbest]

no prob! always welcome :))

[CeruleanFairy]

thanks so much for posting!

[janistonbest]

sure! thanks for watching ;~)

[RHrulez]

i love this play i'm doin a modern version of this. Much Ado About Clubbing.

[janistonbest]

haha sounds fun :))

[gandamandamandashan]

i'm in love with shakespeare books and movies but i like the kenneth brannagh(2004)one best

[janistonbest]

totally!!! but this one is just a really great interpretation, i like this one too. i thought it'd be rubbish, but then i watched it and i was like "awesome!" but yeah, i agree, the kenneth brannagh one rocks!!! and wasnt that one 1993, not 2004? emma thompson played the role really well in that one ;)

[CeruleanFairy]

yes it was a 1993 or 94 version, done back in the days when Brannah and Thomson were stillmarried, I think.Nonetheless this BBC version, together with MacBeth, are some f the bestinterpretations, not rubbish like 10 things i hate about you.

[janistonbest]

it was awesome, cause i would never have thought of making it a news broadcasting place i thought that was very clever :))

[0DoctorWhoFreak0]

I loved this

[janistonbest]

sure, it's friggen awesome!!!!

[grooveybeansss]

Hee Hee I remember watching this is English for our GCSE shakespeare coursework :P Benedick it such a legend. Now im in Year 11 and im performing this infront of a fat crowd LOL Thanks for posting this x your amaze

[janistonbest]

serious;y? you did this for GCSE's? we done it for sat's! lol, good luck with the fat crowd!

[Concetta20]

Holy cow! I love you! I've been waiting for someone to post this in full! You have made my day!!!!! This goes on my list of favorite versions of my favorite Shakespeare play!

[janistonbest]

yaaay!! glad you're happy :)) yeah this is my favourite too, andthe 1993 (?) version with emma thompson is kinda cheesy, but i love it all the same :P thankies for the nice comment :)

[venicemidnight]

i LOVE this, can you put the other shakespeare retold storys on please?

[janistonbest]

:S i'm doing my best.. its just that they take long to find to download and are only usually availible through torrents, so they take ages to download, but im doing my best. hope to have them soon *thumbs up*

[venicemidnight]

thanks, i think i'm in love with shakespeares books, weird hu?

[janistonbest]

no way! they're awesome! :P

[venicemidnight]

i'm glad someone else thinks so. My skl friends think i'm rly weird lol.

[EvanesenceAmyLouise]

Good God I love this play

this version is rather amazing:L

[MarySueChallinor]

yay thanks for putting it on ive been looking all over for it you saved my revision and possibaly my future yay!

[smellyXcat]

ah, thanks for putting this up. It's my SATs text (next week- aahh!) so i'm trying to understand the storyline as much as possible.

xxx

=]

[janistonbest]

haha we watched this before our SATs too. wishing you the best of luck with that! and hope you enjoy the film :))

[venicemidnight]

lol, no way, me too.

[snellyghoster]

thanks, no stress if you can't

[AaahUnagi]

Ohh wow! THankyou for puttingg it up!!! XXXXXxxxxxxxxmwa

[janistonbest]

whey!! friends fan that is also a much ado fan! yippee! you're welcome btw :))

[snellyghoster]

hey, have been wanting to see this for ages but couldn't rent it anywhere and didn't want to buy before i saw it. could you put up the taming of the shrew as well if you have it?

[janistonbest]

eeh, i'll try but it took me ages to find this for download. i'll give it my best shot though, promise :P

[nosenabook]

lots a love you're amazing

[janistonbest]

jeez, thanks :)) t'was my pleasure

[kurt11110]

it's a tom jones song.  thanks for posting this adaptation. you're the best, janiston !

[janistonbest]

cheers :))

*chews on her duvet*

[joharac03]

Thank you! thank you! thank you! i've been finding this online but i can't get any free viewing... :D Thank you!

[janistonbest]

haha, you're always welcome :)) i've been looking for it for ages myself! ..i adore the song at the very beginning, you wouldnt happen to know the name of it would you??

[joharac03]

hahahaha! as a matter of fact, i know... the song is Help Yourself - Tom Jones.. hahaha i'm an old soul!! thank you, again... :D