Upstart Crow (2016)
Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Episode 1 - Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!
Release Date: 2018-08-29Will needs inspiration for his new play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meanwhile how can he get hold of some love potion, and where is Bottom going to put that stuffed donkey head?
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Episode 2 - Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death
Release Date: 2018-09-05Will Shakespeare has been working on his masterpiece. His friends tell him it's his greatest comedy yet, but Will insists that Hamlet isn't actually meant to be funny.
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Episode 3 - If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?
Release Date: 2018-09-12London is full of anti-immigrant rioting. Will looks forward to an age when such sentiments are long-gone, but in the meantime he and the players plan to do their bit to help those worse off than themselves with a fund-raising charity gala night. “Inflated Pig's Bladder Day” is a triumph.
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Episode 4 - Sigh No More
Release Date: 2018-09-19When Kate stands in for Sue at the masked ball she accidentally sets off a chain of events that leaves Sue humiliated by the other local teenagers and Will needs to come up with a ruse to turn the tables on the bullies. Meanwhile in all the confusion Hamnet has gone missing.
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Episode 5 - The Most Unkindest Cut of All
Release Date: 2018-09-26Will's troupe plot against each other, but his defusing of the situation helps give him a better idea for his new play about Julius Caesar.
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Episode 6 - Go On and I Will Follow
Release Date: 2018-10-03As Will wrestles with temptation a bigger threat to his family lurks in the wings.