Hamlet Derek Jacobi (1980, BBC)

There can be no such thing as a definitive Hamlet, let alone Hamlet. Nonetheless this relatively uncut version is the standard by which the Murphy family for many years tended to judge performances of Shakespeares most famous play. This simple production boasts one of the finest collection of Shakespearean actors ever assembled. Jacobis Prince of Denmark is a complex and embittered intellectual, whose occasional bursts of love, faith and even fury are transformed within an instant into weary s