Episodes
Season 1 · Series 1
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Star Crossed Lovers
Episode one sees Will struggle to find inspiration for Romeo while having to deal with an angry actor, a very annoying house-guest and his family’s not terribly helpful script suggestions.
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30m
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The Play's the Thing
Just when Will’s controversial new play is about to be presented to Queen Elizabeth, it goes missing. As the finger of suspicion points to his best friend Marlowe, can Will come up with a way to recover his stolen masterpiece? Given its politically sensitive content, is he really wise to want it back?
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30m
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The Apparel Proclaims The Man
Will hopes to move up in the world when he is invited to a high-society party hosted by Lord Southampton, but is unsure what a poorly-educated country boy should wear to one of London's most upmarket events. The playwright's rival Sir Robert Greene offers him some fashion tips, but is it a double bluff, a triple bluff, or something even more fiendish?
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30m
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Love is Not Love
Will has completed his final sonnet and senses literary immortality just around the corner. But will the fair youth and the dark lady like them as much as he hopes? And is Anne likely to be impressed that her husband’s 154 hot new love poems don’t contain much about her?
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30m
5
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What Bloody Man is That?
The plague leads Will and his friends to escape to the family home in Stratford. On the way, they meet three witches who have some surprising predictions to make about Will’s future, leading to a very serious case of house envy.
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30m
6
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The Quality of Mercy
When Will's savings go missing, he is forced to make an unusual bargain with his rival. Kate's frustration with the lack of roles for women leads her to make a dramatic intervention.
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30m
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Star Crossed Lovers
Episode one sees Will struggle to find inspiration for Romeo while having to deal with an angry actor, a very annoying house-guest and his family’s not terribly helpful script suggestions.
Not watched yet
30m
2
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The Play's the Thing
Just when Will’s controversial new play is about to be presented to Queen Elizabeth, it goes missing. As the finger of suspicion points to his best friend Marlowe, can Will come up with a way to recover his stolen masterpiece? Given its politically sensitive content, is he really wise to want it back?
Not watched yet
30m
3
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The Apparel Proclaims The Man
Will hopes to move up in the world when he is invited to a high-society party hosted by Lord Southampton, but is unsure what a poorly-educated country boy should wear to one of London's most upmarket events. The playwright's rival Sir Robert Greene offers him some fashion tips, but is it a double bluff, a triple bluff, or something even more fiendish?
Not watched yet
30m
4
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Love is Not Love
Will has completed his final sonnet and senses literary immortality just around the corner. But will the fair youth and the dark lady like them as much as he hopes? And is Anne likely to be impressed that her husband’s 154 hot new love poems don’t contain much about her?
Not watched yet
30m
5
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What Bloody Man is That?
The plague leads Will and his friends to escape to the family home in Stratford. On the way, they meet three witches who have some surprising predictions to make about Will’s future, leading to a very serious case of house envy.
Not watched yet
30m
6
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The Quality of Mercy
When Will's savings go missing, he is forced to make an unusual bargain with his rival. Kate's frustration with the lack of roles for women leads her to make a dramatic intervention.
Not watched yet
30m
Cast
David MitchellWill Shakespeare
Liza TarbuckAnne Hathaway
Spencer JonesKempe
Helen MonksSusannah
Gemma WhelanKate
Steve SpeirsBurbage
Dominic ColemanCondell
Tim DownieMarloweBecause you watched Upstart Crow
★ 8Blackadder
★ 7.1Benson
★ 7.32Point4 Children
★ 6.4Shifting Gears
★ 7.1The Facts of Life
★ 6.7Cuckoo
★ 7.7American Housewife
★ 7.7The League of Gentlemen
★ 7.3The Jeffersons
★ 6.9Another Period
★ 7.1A Different World
★ 8Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out
★ 6.2Love, American Style
★ 6.6My Three Sons
★ 6.7Suburgatory
★ 6.7Father Knows Best
★ 7.7Key & Peele
★ 6.88 Simple Rules