TY - ADVS AU - Gold,Jack AU - Miller,Jonathan AU - Mitchell,Warren AU - Jones,Gemma AU - Franklyn-Robbins,John AU - Nettles,John AU - Cranham,Kenneth AU - Jameson,Susan AU - Udwin,Leslee AU - Shakespeare,William ED - British Broadcasting Corporation. TI - The merchant of Venice AV - DVD: MERC PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - BBC N1 - DVD release of the 1980 television transmission; Cast: Warren Mitchell, Gemma Jones, John Franklyn-Robbins, John Nettles, Kenneth Cranham, Susan Jameson, Leslee Udwin; UK Cert. U N2 - Antonio's best friend, Bassanio, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antonio's money tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a Jewish usurer, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit a pound of his own flesh if the debt is unpaid. When Antonio's ships are wrecked, Shylock, the maligned Jew, calls for the contract to be filled ER -