Name: Upstart Crow
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Rating: 5.8
Cast: David Mitchell, Liza Tarbuck, Spencer Jones, Helen Monks, Gemma Whelan

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David Mitchell

Liza Tarbuck

Spencer Jones

Helen Monks

Gemma Whelan

Steve Speirs

Dominic Coleman

Tim Downie

Rob Rouse

Paula Wilcox

Ben Elton

Comedy about the life and times of William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London, whilst also trying to balance life as a husband and father for his family in Stratford-upon-Avon.

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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.

Star Crossed Lovers

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?

The Play's the Thing

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?

The Apparel Proclaims The Man

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?

Love is Not Love

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.

What Bloody Man is That?

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.

The Quality of Mercy

When a dashing African Prince comes to town, Will decides to befriend him.

The Green Eyed Monster

When his old teacher invites himself to stay, Will must confront some awful memories.

I Know Thee Not, Old Man

Will has to write a romance set in an exotic foreign location Kate has fallen for Marlowe.

I Did Adore a Twinkling Star

Will Shakespeare has invented an amazing new dramatic form: the greatest hits musical.

Food of Love

The women in Will's life are not impressed with his play about a strong woman humiliated.

Beware My Sting!

Will's finished Romeo and Juliet but now there's competition over who will play Juliet.

Sweet Sorrow

Will needs inspiration for his new play A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meanwhile how can he get hold of some love potion, and where is Bottom going to put that stuffed donkey head?

Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be!

Will Shakespeare has been working on his masterpiece. His friends tell him it's his greatest comedy yet, but Will insists that Hamlet isn't actually meant to be funny.

Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death

London is full of anti-immigrant rioting. Will looks forward to an age when such sentiments are long-gone, but in the meantime he and the players plan to do their bit to help those worse off than themselves with a fund-raising charity gala night. “Inflated Pig's Bladder Day” is a triumph.

If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed?

When Kate stands in for Sue at the masked ball she accidentally sets off a chain of events that leaves Sue humiliated by the other local teenagers and Will needs to come up with a ruse to turn the tables on the bullies. Meanwhile in all the confusion Hamnet has gone missing.

Sigh No More

Will's troupe plot against each other, but his defusing of the situation helps give him a better idea for his new play about Julius Caesar.

The Most Unkindest Cut of All

As Will wrestles with temptation a bigger threat to his family lurks in the wings.

Go On and I Will Follow

Will has promised his wife Anne that he will be home in good time for a quiet Christmas with just the family. But when Marlowe, Kate and even the usually horrible Robert Greene look likely to be facing a miserable lonely Christmas in London, Will's big heart gets the better of him and he asks them all back with him to Stratford.

A Christmas Crow

Things get Dickensian when a mysterious stranger inspires Will to get Greene to mend his evil ways with the help of three Christmas spirits.

A Crow Christmas Carol

A plague has hit London and Will and Kate are isolating in Will's London lodgings just before Christmas,

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