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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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Upstart Crow: Series 3

Dominic Coleman

Tim Downie

Harry Enfield

Jocelyn Jee Esien

Peter Hamilton Dyer

Mark Heap

Spencer Jones

David Mitchell

Helen Monks

Rob Rouse

Steve Speirs

Liza Tarbuck

Dan Tetsell

Gemma Whelan

Paula Wilcox

Rosanna Beacock

Joe Willis

Ben Elton

Richard Boden

Gareth Edwards

Chris Sussman

Upstart Crow: Series 3: Episode 2: Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death

Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death

Episode 2

Episode 2: Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death

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Greene has hit on an ingenious new way to destroy Will's reputation.

Sitcom. Will has been working on his masterpiece. His friends say it's his best comedy yet, but Will insists Hamlet isn't meant to be funny.

Will Shakespeare has been working on his masterpiece. His friends tell him it is his greatest comedy yet, but Will insists that Hamlet isn't actually meant to be funny. In the meantime, Greene has hit on an ingenious new way to destroy Will's reputation by excluding him from his high-brow literary set, and Marlowe's reputation is in such a bad way that he could really do with being dead for a bit. Only Will's dad John is pleased because now that Will has bought him a coat of arms he is officially a gentleman, even if none of his behaviour is in any way gentlemanly.

Meanwhile, the players need another box office smash and it looks like Hamlet is going to need a bit more thinking about. As luck would have it, Will does have an idea for a new comedy but there is something not quite right about the title for Love's Labour's Licked.

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