Upstart Crow

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Comedy about William Shakespeare as he starts to make a name for himself in London.

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.

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David Mitchell

Dominic Coleman

Noel Fielding

Tim Downie

Harry Enfield

Jocelyn Jee Esien

Mark Phoenix

Mark Heap

Spencer Jones

Helen Monks

Rob Rouse

Steven Speirs

Liza Tarbuck

Gemma Whelan

Paula Wilcox

Rosanna Beacock

Joe Willis

Andrew Bicknell

Simon Coleman

Ben Elton

Richard Boden

Gareth Edwards

Chris Sussman

Upstart Crow: Series 2: Episode 4: Food of Love

Food of Love

Episode 4

Episode 4: Food of Love

Series 2

BBC Two - Upstart Crow, Series 2, Food of Love

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

Comedy. Will has invented a musical and needs help from the greatest songwriter of the age: Thomas Morley. However, success looks far from guaranteed.

Will Shakespeare takes it badly when everybody tells him his new play about two sets of identical twins separated at birth and given the same names is rather far-fetched, until he hits on a sure-fire way to stop any audience minding when the plot gets really ridiculous - make it a musical. In fact, he is going to make it the first ever musical! And to really guarantee a hit he wants to use the songs of Thomas Morley, a rocking, rolling, madrigal-composing, tax-avoiding Tudor music legend. But what with Morley's ego and the sabotaging efforts of Will's deadly rival Robert Greene, success looks far from guaranteed.

Meanwhile, back in Stratford, Will's dad John is determined to get Will to use his new-found writing fame to make the Shakespeare family properly posh, which is turning out to be rather a big ask.

Upstart Crow: Series 2

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