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BAFTA TV AWARD® nominee

Upstart Crow

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.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Star Crossed Lovers
    May 8, 2016
    30min
    TV-PG
    Will struggles to find inspiration for Romeo while at the same time 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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  2. S1 E2 - The Play's the Thing
    May 15, 2016
    29min
    TV-PG
    Will’s controversial new play is about to be presented to Queen Elizabeth when it goes missing. As the finger of suspicion points at his best friend Marlowe, can Will come up with a way to recover his stolen masterpiece? And given its politically sensitive content, is he really wise to want it back?
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  3. S1 E3 - The Apparel Proclaims the Man
    May 22, 2016
    29min
    TV-PG
    Will hopes to move up in the world when he is invited to Lord Southampton’s party. But what should a poorly-educated country boy wear to London’s poshest do? And when his rival Sir Robert Greene gives him some fashion tips, is it a double bluff, a triple bluff, or something even more fiendish?
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  4. S1 E4 - Love Is Not Love
    May 29, 2016
    29min
    TV-PG
    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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  5. S1 E5 - What Bloody Man Is That?
    June 5, 2016
    29min
    TV-PG
    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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  6. S1 E6 - The Quality of Mercy
    June 12, 2016
    29min
    TV-PG
    There’s money to be made investing in cargos from the New World: but while Marlowe invests in tobacco and potato products, Will would rather invest in building a new theatre. But when Will’s savings go missing he’s forced to make a rather unusual bargain with his rival Robert Greene. Meanwhile Kate’s frustration with the lack of roles for women leads her to make a rather dramatic intervention…
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Audio languages
English
Subtitles
EnglishEnglish [CC]
Directors
Matt Lipsey
Producers
Gareth EdwardsMyfanwy Moore
Starring
David MitchellHarry EnfieldLiza Tarbuck
Studio
BBC America
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