Please watch only the sections defined here.  This film is rated PG-13, so you cannot watch it without parent permission.  These clips are listed here to help you recognize the characters as you read and hear the language as it was meant to be spoken.  Use these clips to supplement your understanding of what you read.

Act 1, Scene 1:  Meet Beatrice and her cousin Hero.  This is from the 1993 movie.

Watch from 3:00 until 5:20 (when credits start)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIACPr5XEQM

Act 1, Scene 1:  Watch Claudio and Hero.  This is a modernized version made by the BBC.  The characters work in a news studio.  Hero is the weather reporter.

Watch from 5:30 until 7:00 (when it goes to the policemen)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx6El4xDQw8

Act 1, Scene 1:  See Benedick and Beatrice in action. This is a modernized version made by the BBC.

Watch from 6:30 until 9:30 (when the knight shows up)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqqDpY7R_Lc

Act 2, Scene 3/Act 3, Scene 1:  See the trick played on Benedick and Beatrice.  

This is a long clip (you can watch all 10 minutes)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AlFkbElh44

Act 3, Scene 3:  This is not actually Act 3, Scene 3, but it is a part from later in the play.  This gives you a chance to see how the watchmen might look and act so that you can understand their words and behavior.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZnuuov9vis&feature=fvsr

Act 4, Scene 1:  This is the wedding scene where Claudio accuses Hero and Beatrice and Benedick reflect after.  You can watch from the beginning until 6:30.  This is the modern BBC version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dk6MRJQvw6Q&feature=related