Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 (1981) Rating: Starring: John Fortune, John Bird, Tony Jay, David Kinsey, Jonathan Pryce, John Welsh, Sebastian Shaw, Max Arthur, Norman Rodway, Geoffrey Collins, John Shrapnel Director: Jonathan Miller Category: Drama, British TV, Period Pieces, BBC Studio: Subtitles: [None] Length: 2h 8m     Timon of Athens (1981) is a British television film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy, featuring the story of Timon, a wealthy and generous Athenian nobleman, who after being betrayed by his false friends, becomes a misanthropic recluse.