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Film: Bill

Mathew Baynton

Simon Farnaby

Martha Howe-Douglas

Jim Howick

Laurence Rickard

Ben Willbond

Helen McCrory

Damian Lewis

Justin Edwards

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Children's: Entertainment & Comedy

07/04/2017

BBC One - Bill

Bill Shakespeare (Mathew Baynton) leaves Stratford to follow his dream.

Family comedy from the performers of Horrible Histories. Young Bill Shakespeare leaves Stratford to follow his latest dream, to be a playwright in London.

1593. While King Philip of Spain plots to kill Queen Elizabeth of England, young Bill Shakespeare leaves Stratford to follow his latest dream, to be a playwright in London - despite the theatres being closed due to plague. Luckily the Queen desires a new play - unluckily she chooses creepy Lord Crawley to write it.

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