9 May 2016 (2016-05-09) – 21 December 2020 (2020-12-21)
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Upstart Crow is a British sitcom based on the life of William Shakespeare written by Ben Elton. The show premiered on 9 May 2016 on BBC Two[1] as part of the commemorations of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death. Its title quotes "an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers", a critique of Shakespeare by his rival Robert Greene in the latter's Groats-Worth of Wit.[2]
The show is set from 1592 (the year of Greene's quotation) onwards. Shakespeare is played by David Mitchell; his wife, Anne Hathaway, is played by Liza Tarbuck; and Greene himself by Mark Heap.[3] Shakespeare's father, John Shakespeare, is played by Harry Enfield. The first series was directed by Matt Lipsey, with subsequent series being directed by Richard Boden.
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^"David Mitchell to star as Shakespeare in new BBC Two sitcom by Ben Elton". BBC Media Centre. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
UpstartCrow is a British sitcom based on the life of William Shakespeare written by Ben Elton. The show premiered on 9 May 2016 on BBC Two as part of...
The UpstartCrow is a stage play by Ben Elton developed from his BBC TV sitcom UpstartCrow. The play, directed by Sean Foley, began previews at the Gielgud...
British sitcom UpstartCrow, which began airing on BBC Two from 9 May 2016. As of 21 December 2020,[update] 21 episodes of UpstartCrow have aired, including...
series Game of Thrones. She also plays Kate in all seasons of the comedy UpstartCrow, Detective Eunice Noon on the first season of The End of the F***ing...
featured as Sergeant Dogberry in the episode "Sigh No More" of Ben Elton's UpstartCrow. From September 2018 to November 2018, Edmondson toured with Nigel Planer...
He is known for the television series Toast of London, Outlander and UpstartCrow, and the films Paddington and The King's Speech. Downie was born in Hitchin...
Brass Eye, Big Train, Spaced, Jam, Green Wing, Friday Night Dinner, UpstartCrow, and Benidorm. Heap was born in Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India, to an...
Queen’s Nose, The Smoking Room, Emmerdale, Mount Pleasant, Boomers, UpstartCrow and Girlfriends. Since 2020, Wilcox has appeared as Elaine Jones in Coronation...
actress and comedian. She is best known for her roles in Raised by Wolves, UpstartCrow, The Archers, Holby City, The Last Kingdom, Genius, and Inside No. 9...
and was produced at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. The UpstartCrow, like the TV series UpstartCrow, a comic version of William Shakespeare's life and society...
she has played the part of Anne Hathaway in the BBC Two comedy series UpstartCrow. In 2019, she starred in How Europe Stole My Mum. This Channel 4 comedy...
female health-and-safety officer, Malika Maha, and in an episode of UpstartCrow where she portrayed one of the three witches from Macbeth. She appeared...
Series regular 2016 Fresh Meat Helen S4E02 2018 Patrick Sarah Francis UpstartCrow Toby Episode 3.5, "The Most Unkindest Cut of All" Richard Osman's House...
Portland Shakespeare Project, Art's Umbrella, Oregon Children's Choir, and UpstartCrow Studios. Following high school, Brown moved to Portland, Oregon to pursue...
Lord Flashheart, and runs off with him, much to Blackadder's annoyance. UpstartCrow – Glaister again played Bob, now judge Robert Roberts, in the sixth episode...
ITV1 that started in the spring of 2012. He appears in the BBC series UpstartCrow, a BBC 2 sitcom about Shakespeare, written by Ben Elton, alongside David...
of that same year he played the role of Wolf Hall on the BBC sitcom UpstartCrow. In November 2022, Miller released his seventh children's book Secrets...
Hamnet. Hamnet Shakespeare is a character in the BBC comedy drama series UpstartCrow, about the life of William Shakespeare in London and Stratford-upon-Avon...
and 2020. In 2016, he appeared in Ben Elton's BBC One comedy series UpstartCrow playing Richard Burbage , the actor and leader of Will's acting company...
Wyndhams Theatre. In May 2016 she appeared on BBC Two in Ben Elton's comedy UpstartCrow as Shakespeare's dark lady muse Emelia (series 1 episode 4, and in October...
best TV: The Search for a New Earth, UpstartCrow, Rellik". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 October 2021. "UpstartCrow Series 3, Episode 2 – Wild Laughter...
as Queen Elizabeth I in the 2017 Christmas special of the BBC sitcom UpstartCrow. In 2018, she provided the voiceover for Greenpeace's palm-oil awareness...
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