When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and compare missives, they plan a practical joke or two to teach the knight a lesson. But Mistress Ford's husband is a very jealous man and is pumping Falstaff for information of the affair. Meanwhile the Pages' daughter Anne is beseiged by suitors.

• BBC
• Alan Bennett
• Richard O'Callaghan
• Tenniel Evans
• Bryan Marshall
• Richard Griffiths
• Gordon Gostelow
• Nigel Terry
• Michael Robbins