BBC2历史电视电影系列《空王冠》演绎4部经典莎士比亚作品。这部电视电影作为伦敦文化奥运的重点推荐剧目在2012年6月播出向全世界推行。 本剧是《空心冠》的第一集。理查二世（本·卫肖 Ben Whishaw 饰）虽是英格兰国王，但实权被叔父兰开斯特公爵约翰·冈特把持。另一个叔父格洛斯特公爵托马斯也野心勃勃，企图摄政。理查由此而记恨亲政后对他们进行报复。1397年，托马斯被捕后未及受审就暴死在狱中，公爵头衔被废除。理查驱逐了约翰的长子毛勃莱公爵、以及自己的堂弟兰开斯特公爵亨利（罗里·金奈尔 Rory Kinnear 饰），并在1399年约翰去世后没收了兰开斯特家的领地，用没收的钱财充当攻打爱尔兰的军费。亨利以此作为攻打理查的藉口。1399年，在理查远征爱尔兰时举兵拘捕了他，并让国会同意将他废黜，由亨利即位。理查在监牢中囚禁多年，最终被杀害。

1956年的伦敦，适逢匈牙利十月事件与苏伊士运河危机，时事栏目「焦点时刻」团队试图揭露一桩隐秘而危险的阴谋。

One sleepless night Ishmael, a young spacey urban nomad, starts counting back through all the beds he has ever slept in.

Two boys go to a park to look for girls. Unusually, one of them is doing it for Lord Krishna.

A sweet-natured charity worker finds his life turned upside down, when he falls in love with a mysterious woman.

An adaptation of the play by William Shakespeare. Prospera (a female version of Shakespeare's Prospero) is the usurped ruler of Milan who has been banished to a mysterious island with her daughter. Using her magical powers, she draws her enemies to the island to exact her revenge.

一个十几岁的女孩杰西卡和一个叫汤姆的十几岁男孩交朋友，这个男孩被当地的一个帮派欺负。她受到杰克的虐待，杰克既是她的邻居，也是学校的老师，而汤姆则受到他父亲的性虐待。他们一起在树林里结交，创造了一个别人无法进入的私人现实。

In 1818, high-spirited young Fanny Brawne finds herself increasingly intrigued by the handsome but aloof poet John Keats, who lives next door to her family friends the Dilkes. After reading a book of his poetry, she finds herself even more drawn to the taciturn Keats. Although he agrees to teach her about poetry, Keats cannot act on his reciprocated feelings for Fanny, since as a struggling poet he has no money to support a wife.

Two strangers become dangerously close after witnessing a deadly accident. On a beautiful cloudless day a young couple celebrate their reunion with a picnic. Joe has planned a postcard-perfect afternoon in the English countryside with his partner, Claire. But as Joe and Claire prepare to open a bottle of champagne, their idyll comes to an abrupt end. A hot air balloon drifts into the field, obviously in trouble. The pilot catches his leg in the anchor rope, while the only passenger, a boy, is too scared to jump down. Joe and three other men rush to secure the basket. But fate has other ideas...

一天夜里，本（本·威士肖 Ben Whishaw 饰）正驾着车在路上急驶，前方视线里出现了一妙龄女子，该女子将车拦下，不由分说的钻进了车里，抵挡不了女子的柔情蜜意，本和她遂即发展出了一段露水情缘，而本怎么也无法想到的是，当他醒来之时，面对的会是一具冰冷的尸体和一桩蓄意谋杀的罪名。 就这样，本被投入了监狱，在那里，残酷的生活等待着他，能否活下去全靠他自己。当所有人都在劝说本为自己做自卫辩护之时，只有弗朗西斯律师（Vineeta Rishi 饰）坚定的相信着本的无辜，可没过多久，该律师就因为被指控和本有着不正当男女关系而身陷危机。就在这个节骨眼上，一段神秘的录像证明了本的无辜，本得以无罪释放，可是，很快，本就发现，这并不是游戏的结束，而仅仅是开始而已。

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

2008 film by Julian Jarrold