BBC 4 series “Shakespeare’s restless world”:
All episodes (21 podcasts): http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/r4shakespeare/all
Images, videos, transcripts of episodes: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017gm45/episodes/player
Suitable episodes for context information on The Merchant of Venice and Othello: “Sex and the City” (Venice), “England Goes Global” (Francis Drake), “From London to Marrakech” (trade with Morocco)
Questions for listening comprehension and research on these 3 episodes: questions shakespeares restless world-2
Videos:
Trailers for RSC productions (e.g. A Winter’s Tale, Macbeth): http://vimeo.com/user5303487/videos/page:1/sort:date
Trailer for exhibition “Staging the world” British Museum (2012): http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1833776798001_2124208,00.html
Videos Frantic Assembly’s Othello + (Teachers’) Resource Pack