Upstart Crow

Wed, Oct 3 · 30 minutes

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

Wed, Sep 26 · 30 minutes

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.

Wed, Sep 19 · 30 minutes

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.

Wed, Sep 12 · 30 minutes

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.

Wed, Sep 5 · 30 minutes

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.

Wed, Aug 29 · 30 minutes

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?

Mon, Oct 16 · 30 minutes

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

Mon, Oct 9 · 30 minutes

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

Mon, Oct 2 · 30 minutes

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

Mon, Sep 25 · 30 minutes

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

Mon, Sep 18 · 30 minutes

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

Mon, Sep 11 · 30 minutes

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

Mon, Jun 13 · 30 minutes

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.

Mon, Jun 6 · 30 minutes

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.

Mon, May 30 · 30 minutes

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?

Mon, May 23 · 30 minutes

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?

Mon, May 16 · 30 minutes

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?

Mon, May 9 · 30 minutes

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.

Mon, Dec 21 · 30 minutes

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

Tue, Dec 25 · 30 minutes

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

Mon, Dec 25 · 30 minutes

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.