BBC Canada unveils new series for March

BBC Canada is putting a modern spin on some time-honoured favourites in March with Shakespeare Retold. The four 90-minute productions include The Taming of the Shrew done as an opposition MP instructed to find a husband to make her more electable and Macbeth in which an arrogant chef is driven to murder. Also on offer are Much Ado About Nothing, a romantic comedy set in a regional newsroom and finally A Midsummer Night's Dream which chronicles a surreal weekend at a holiday park featuring four warring couples, a donkey's head and a gaggle of fairies. The tales air Sundays at 9 p.m., beginning March 5. Also on tap is The Grid, a six-ep look at the professional and personal lives of U.S. and U.K. counter-terrorist agents. The Grid airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m., beginning March 1.
By Staff 
January 31, 2006

BBC Canada is putting a modern spin on some time-honoured favourites in March with Shakespeare Retold. The four 90-minute productions include The Taming of the Shrew done as an opposition MP instructed to find a husband to make her more electable and Macbeth in which an arrogant chef is driven to murder. Also on offer are Much Ado About Nothing, a romantic comedy set in a regional newsroom and finally A Midsummer Night’s Dream which chronicles a surreal weekend at a holiday park featuring four warring couples, a donkey’s head and a gaggle of fairies. The tales air Sundays at 9 p.m., beginning March 5. Also on tap is The Grid, a six-ep look at the professional and personal lives of U.S. and U.K. counter-terrorist agents. The Grid airs Wednesdays at 10 p.m., beginning March 1.