The first radio drama, a scene from Julius Caesar, was broadcast 90 years ago.
Published on Saturday, 16th February 2013.
Broadcaster Andrew Marr chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 5 Scene 3).
Published on Tuesday, 22nd May 2012.
Shami Chakrabarti chooses Isabella's speech from Measure for Measure (Act 2 Scene 2).
Michael Portillo chooses a speech from Troilus and Cressida (Act 3 Scene 3)
Published on Monday, 21st May 2012.
Broadcaster Gyles Brandreth chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 5 Scene 3).
Martha Kearney chooses an Oberon speech from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Act 2 Scene 1)
Broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby chooses a speech from Cymbeline
British Museum Director Neil MacGregor chooses the opening Chorus from Henry V
Broadcaster Melvyn Bragg chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 3 Scene 2)
Conductor Charles Hazelwood chooses a scene from Richard the Third (Act 1 Sc 4)
Published on Saturday, 19th May 2012.
Scientist Jim Al-Khalili chooses Edmund's speech from King Lear (Act 1 Scene 2)
Playwright Kwame Kwei Armah chooses a speech from Othello (Act 1 Sc 3)
Published on Friday, 18th May 2012.
Comedian Paul Whitehouse chooses a speech from King Lear (Act 1 Sc 5)
Chris Patten chooses a speech from Coriolanus (Act 5 Scene 4)
Alexandra Harris chooses a speech from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Act 5 Scene 1)
Published on Thursday, 17th May 2012.
Stephen Fry chooses Mistress Quickly's speech from Henry V (Act 2 Scene 3)
Musician Jools Holland chooses a passage from Henry IV Part 2 (Act 5 Sc 5)
Stephen Hough chooses ‘Once More Unto the Breach’ from Henry V (Act 3 Scene 1)
Poet Benjamin Zephaniah chooses the final speech from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Published on Wednesday, 16th May 2012.
Margaret Drabble chooses Titania’s speech from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Act 2 Scene 1)
Actress Zoe Wanamaker chooses the opening Chorus from Henry V
Nicholas Hytner chooses a scene from Henry IV Part 2 (Act 3 Scene 2)
Novelist Hilary Mantel choses Mark Anthony’s speech from Julius Caesar (Act 3 Scene 1)
Published on Tuesday, 15th May 2012.
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams chooses a speech from Macbeth (Act 3 Scene 2)
Historian Bettany Hughes chooses a moment from Twelfth Night (Act 4 Sc 2)
Conductor Jane Glover chooses a passage from As You Like It (Act 5 Sc 2)
Poet Wendy Cope chooses Sonnet 29 as the piece of Shakespeare that inspired her most.
Published on Monday, 14th May 2012.
Playwright David Hare chooses a speech from Macbeth (Act 3 Scene 1)
Gareth Malone chooses 'Once More unto the Breach.. ' from Henry V (Act 3 Scene 1)
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt chooses Sonnet 29 as his piece of Shakespeare
Published on Sunday, 13th May 2012.