Masterpiece Episode: "Othello"

Season 31, Episode 9
Episode Synopsis: Shakespeare gets a major overhaul in a modern-language adaptation of “Othello,” the Bard's 1604 tragedy of jealousy and revenge. British screenwriter Andrew Davies also updated the action to present-day London, altered character names and tweaked the plot (making it a police drama). Here, noble John Othello (Eamonn Walker) is a protégé of diabolical Ben Jago (Christopher Eccleston) in the Metropolitan Police, but it's Othello who's appointed commissioner, whereupon Jago plots his downfall. Original Air Date: Jan 28, 2002
Guest Cast Christopher Eccleston: Ben Jago Keeley Hawes: Dessie Brabant Bill Paterson: Sinclair Carver Patrick Myers: PC Gaunt Nick Ewans: Functionary Howard Coggins: Thug Bob Friend: TV Chairman Laura Girling: PM's Wife Timothy Birkett: Photographer Anna Niland: Estelle Jon Snow: News Reader Rachael Stirling: Lulu Tim Faraday: Chief Superintendent Eamonn Walker: John Othello Phillip Lester: Photographer Michelle Newell: Alma Carver Samantha McDonald: Woman in Crowd Joss Ackland: James Brabant Richard Coyle: Michael Cass Claire Oberman: Prosecuting Counsel Allan Cutts: PC Stiller Tim Frances: Newspaper Editor Gerrard McArthur: Jim Gordon Christopher Fox: PC Adley Carl McCrystal: Geoffrey John Harding: Prime Minister Morgan Johnson: Billy Coates Nicholas Gecks: Home Secretary Andrew Charleson: Tommy Rogers Del Synnott: PC Alan Roderick
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Premiered: January 10, 1971, on PBS
Rating: TV-PG
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