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- Season 1 overviewMay 9-Jun 13, 20166 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. 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.
- 4. Love Is Not Love May 30, 2016
- Will has completed his final sonnet and senses literary immortality just around the corner.
- 5. What Bloody Man Is That? Jun 6, 2016
- The plague leads Will and his friends to escape to the family home in Stratford.
- 6. The Quality of Mercy Jun 13, 2016
- When Will's savings go missing, he's forced to make an unusual bargain with his rival Robert Greene.
Upstart Crow: Created by Ben Elton. With David Mitchell, Gemma Whelan, Rob Rouse, Liza Tarbuck. Satirical Blackadderesque sitcom about how friends, family, historical circumstances, and his arch-rival Robert Greene, who first coined the derogatory term "upstart crow", influenced William Shakespeare to write his famous plays.
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- Comedy, History
- TV-PG
- 2016-05-09
Mon, Jun 6, 2016. An outbreak of the plague in London prompts Will and his friends to flee to Stratford, but on the journey north he meets three witches who make some strange predictions about his future. 7.7/10 (166) Rate. Watch options.
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. Its title quotes "an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers", a critique of Shakespeare by his rival Robert Greene in ...
- Myfanwy Moore
- 21 (list of episodes)
- 9 May 2016 –, present
- BBC Two
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S2.E7 ∙ A Christmas Crow. Mon, Dec 25, 2017. As Christmas approaches Will is in London rehearsing his new play 'Eighth Night' for the queen and is surprised that the usually hostile Greene is giving out presents, claiming it is because he is lonely and wants to cheer others. A sympathetic Will invites him, along with Kate and Kit, to join his ...
Series 1: 1. Star Crossed Lovers (30 mins) 1. Star Crossed Lovers. Will struggles to find inspiration for Romeo and has to deal with an angry actor. 2. The Play's the Thing. Will's controversial ...
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.
A Christmas Crow. Will's hopes of a quiet family Christmas go wrong very fast. Beware My Sting! Series 2. 5/6 The women in Will's life are not impressed with his play about a strong woman ...