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ShakespeaRe-Told
Starts Monday 7 November on Â鶹Éç ONE
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This autumn, the Â鶹Éç brings Shakespeare and
his stories to audiences with a variety of new
programmes and initiatives across its
services – television, radio, online and interactive.
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Much Ado About Nothing
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The Â鶹Éç's Shakespeare season continues with David Nicholls' modern interpretation of Shakespeare's much loved comedy,
Much Ado About Nothing.
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A romantic comedy set in a regional newsroom, Much Ado charts the relationship between ex-lovers and warring co-anchors Beatrice and Benedick.
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Running parallel to this tempestuous partnership is the whirlwind romance between weathergirl Hero and sports presenter Claude.
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Beatrice and Benedick are clearly made for each other, but it takes their colleagues' well-meaning trickery to get them to finally admit to each other, and most importantly to themselves, that they are a match made in heaven.
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Claude and Hero's love affair is far more straightforward, and they make plans to wed hot on the heels of their first meeting.
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However, plotting of a sinister kind stokes Claude's jealousy and he rejects Hero at the altar, with dramatic consequences.
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All's well that ends well, though, as Much Ado has an uplifting conclusion where all love interests eventually find understanding and happiness.
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Sarah Parish plays Beatrice, Damian Lewis plays Benedick, Billie Piper plays Hero, Tom Ellis plays Claude, Martin Jarvis plays Leonard, Nina Sosanya plays Margaret and Derek Riddell plays Don.
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