David Mitchell
Will Shakespeare
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- 1. Star Crossed Lovers May 9, 2016
- Will struggles to find inspiration for Romeo while having to deal with an angry actor.
- 2. The Play's the Thing May 16, 2016
- Will's new play is about to be presented to Queen Elizabeth when it goes missing.
- 3. The Apparel Proclaims the Man May 23, 2016
- Will hopes to move up in the world when he is invited to Lord Southampton's party.
9 May 2016. ( 2016-05-09) –. 21 December 2020. ( 2020-12-21) Upstart Crow is a British sitcom based on the life of William Shakespeare written by Ben Elton. The show premiered on 9 May 2016 on BBC Two [1] as part of the commemorations of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death.
- Myfanwy Moore
- 21 (list of episodes)
- 9 May 2016 –, present
- BBC Two
Upstart Crow is a sitcom that follows the life and works of William Shakespeare, his family and friends, and his rival Robert Greene. The title refers to a pamphlet that mocked Shakespeare as an "upstart crow" in 1592.
- (3.6K)
- Comedy, History
- TV-PG
- 2016-05-09
Upstart Crow. Season 1. It’s 1592 and Will Shakespeare is at the beginning of his career. His early work is looked down on by the literary establishment, and he’s not taken seriously at home. Follow the Bard's fictional early life and the rather surprising stories about where his best ideas came from. 225 IMDb 7.7 2016 6 episodes. X-Ray TV-PG.
- 30 min
Upstart Crow. Comedy about William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London while also trying to be a good husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon. Series...
- Lockdown Christmas 1603. The plague has hit London, and Will and Kate are in wave fifteen of home confinement.
- A Crow Christmas Carol. Things get Dickensian when a stranger inspires Will to get Greene to mend his evil ways.
- Series 3. View episodes. Comedy about William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself. Series 3 homepage.
- A Christmas Crow. Will's hopes of a quiet family Christmas go wrong very fast.
Watch David Mitchell star as William Shakespeare in this hilarious sitcom. Follow his adventures as a playwright, husband and father in Elizabethan England.
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Upstart Crow does not clear the high bar of the Bard's written work - and the series' sitcom stylings may prove drearily retro for some viewers -- but the series is stimulatingly literate and...
