Rent Upstart Crow: Series 1 (2016)
3.4 of 5 from 73 ratings
2h 55min
- General info
- Available formats
- All series
- Synopsis:
Based on the facts we know about William Shakespeare, Ben Eltons sitcom is about the life of the world's favourite bard as it just might have been. It's the 1590s and Will (David Mitchell) is still at the start of his career. In London his plays are looked down on by his sinister rival Robert Greene, while his friends and fellow actors are baffled by Will's weird new ideas. He's not taken very seriously in Stratford either where his mum and dad say his plays are boring, his teenage daughter makes fun of his flowery language and his wife Anne wonders how he can claim to be a great writer when he can't even find his quill. Packed with gags and sparkling wordplay 'Upstart Crow' pays comic homage to the greatest writer in the history of the English language - and reveals some rather surprising stories about where his best ideas came from... - Actors:
- David Mitchell, Gemma Whelan, Rob Rouse, Liza Tarbuck, Helen Monks, Paula Wilcox, Harry Enfield, Mark Heap, Steve Speirs, Dominic Coleman, Tim Downie, Spencer Jones, Tom Edden, Mina Anwar, Sarah Finigan, Christine Ozanne, Seb Barker, Emma Barker, Kieran Hodgson, Jonathan Watson
- Directors:
- Matt Lipsey
- Producers:
- Gareth Edwards, Myfanwy Moore
- Creators:
- Ben Elton
- Writers:
- Ben Elton
- Studio:
- BBC
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Comedies, TV Dramas, TV Sitcoms
