Sir Ian McKellen to host bus tours around London

A star of the big screen is getting ready for a very different kind of performance. Coming soon to a bus near you is non other than Sir Ian McKellen.

The actor is hosting a series of public tours around the capital taking in locations used in his movie adaptation of "Richard III". The tours are part of events marking 400 years since Shakespeare's death.

McKellen, who has starred in numerous Shakespeare adaptations, will take fans to London's St Pancras station and Battersea power station, locations used in the 1995 film in which he played the tyrant king in a 1930s setting.

For more information on the BFI's Shakespeare on Film, click here.