▁forg iven ▁even ▁if ▁they ▁make ▁a ▁great ▁film . ▁It ▁has ▁to ▁be ▁a ▁great ▁film , ▁and ▁be ▁on ▁time ." ▁ ▁Public ity ▁There ▁was ▁considerable ▁media ▁public ity ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁initial ▁broadcast ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁season , ▁with ▁Prince ▁Charles ▁comment ing ▁" I ▁welcome ▁this ▁pione ering ▁project ▁which ▁will ▁bring ▁Shakespeare ' s ▁great ▁wisdom , ▁insight ▁and ▁all - en comp ass ing ▁view ▁of ▁man kind ▁to ▁many ▁millions ▁from ▁all ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁glo be , ▁who ▁have ▁never ▁been ▁in ▁his ▁company ▁before ." ▁An ▁article ▁in ▁the ▁Radio ▁Times ▁wrote ▁" as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁pre - s ales ▁alone , ▁tens ▁of ▁millions ▁of ▁people ▁are ▁guaranteed ▁to ▁see ▁it ▁and ▁Shakespeare ▁is ▁guaranteed ▁for ▁his ▁best ▁year ▁since ▁the ▁First ▁Fol io ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 3 ." ▁One ▁comment ator ▁who ▁was ▁distinct ly ▁un im pressed ▁with ▁the ▁adapt ations , ▁however , ▁was ▁scholar ▁and ▁lect urer ▁Ter ence ▁Haw kes ▁who ▁wrote ▁of ▁the ▁episodes , ▁" they ▁will ▁be ▁of ▁no ▁use . ▁They ▁are ▁packages ▁of ▁stories ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁Shakespeare an ▁plots , ▁which ▁themselves ▁were ▁not ▁original . ▁So ▁they ▁aren ' t ▁going ▁to ▁provide ▁much ▁insight ▁into ▁Shakespeare ." ▁ ▁The ▁second ▁season ▁a ired ▁two ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁first , ▁and ▁received ▁consider ably ▁less ▁media ▁attention . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁A ▁major ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁project ▁was ▁the ▁educational ▁aspect ▁of ▁the ▁series ,