Sitcom about the life of jobbing playwright William Shakespeare, struggling to find inspiration in Tudor London. Also features David Mitchell, Rob Rouse, Gemma Whelan, Liza Tarbuck, Harry Enfield and more.
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Based on the facts we know about William Shakespeare, Ben Elton's critically acclaimed sitcom is about the life of the world's favourite bard as it just might have been.
This box set includes the complete Series 1 to 3 and the 2017 and 2018 Christmas specials of the hit [c]BBC...
Two Shakespearean Christmas specials of the BBC Two sitcom.
A Christmas Crow
David Mitchell stars in a special episode of Ben Elton's Shakespearean comedy, guest starring Emma Thompson as the Queen. Will's hopes of a quiet family Christmas go very wrong very fast. But why has Robert Greene (Mark Heap) suddenly...
It's the 1590s. William Shakespeare - brought to life on screen by the inimitable David Mitchell - is at the start of his career. But no one is taking him seriously. In London, he is mercilessly mocked by his rivals and at home in Stratford he is belittled by his...
Plays, pies and Tudor plots abound in Ben Elton's critically acclaimed comedy about William Shakespeare.
With a family in Stratford and his theatre company in London, the Bard is burning the candle at both ends. His teenage daughter Sue is as stroppy as ever, best mate Kit Marlowe is in...
Ben Elton's Shakepearean sitcom returns to see talented but low-born baldy-boots Will Shakespeare (David Mitchell) continue his quest to make his name as a playwright in Tudor London, a city where unfortunately being posh and well-connected turns out to be more important than being a genius.
Meanwhile, Will also has...
Based on the facts we know about William Shakespeare, Ben Elton's sitcom is about the life of the world's favourite bard as it just might have been.
It's the 1590s and Will (David Mitchell) is still at the start of his career. In London his plays are looked down on...