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Season 3 – Upstart Crow

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William Shakespeare starts to make a name for himself while also trying to be a husband and father.
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Upstart Crow — Season 3

Critics Reviews

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Suzi Feay Financial Times 08/31/2018
4/5
A poignant moment. Go to Full Review Carol Midgley The Times (UK) 08/31/2018
3/5
It is good, clean, life-affirming quality slapstick and there's not a lot of that about. Go to Full Review Samuel Fishwick London Evening Standard 08/29/2018
This is safe, costume comedy. Three seasons in, there's a nagging feeling it hasn't stepped out of its slippers. Go to Full Review David Nice The Arts Desk 12/28/2020
3/5
There are still poignant comparisons between past and present, but for all the consummate pacing from Mitchell and Whelan, let this be the last lockdown comedy. Enough, no more, it's not as funny as it was before. Go to Full Review Kyle Smith National Review 04/02/2020
Anything goes, as long as it's good for a laugh, and most of it is. The show is such a cheery, cheeky thing that it could prove a gateway drug for young folks. Go to Full Review Alison Graham Radio Times 04/12/2019
It's little more than a passingly intellectual, very broad pantomime. But hey ho, Upstart Crow harms no one, it's got a good heart in its own way, and it's so daft it's impossible to despise. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/12/2018 The best season yet - Simply brilliantington! And a very moving final episode. More please! See more 08/31/2018 A rather let down in the middle episodes this season See more Read all reviews
Upstart Crow — Season 3

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Cast & Crew

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David Mitchell

Will Shakespeare

Liza Tarbuck

Anne Hathaway

Paula Wilcox

Mary Shakespeare

Helen Monks

Susanna Shakespeare

Harry Enfield

John Shakespeare

Gemma Whelan

Kate

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Aug 29, 2018 Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be! Will finishes writing his play, but the actors think it lacks comedy. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 5, 2018 Wild Laughter in the Throat of Death Will's friends believe Hamlet is the greatest comedy, but he insists it isn't meant to be funny; Greene excludes Will from his literary set; Marlowe's reputation hits an all-time low. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 12, 2018 If You Prick Us, Do We Not Bleed? 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 fundraising charity gala night. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 19, 2018 Sigh No More Kate fills in for Sue at a masked ball; Hamnet completes a runner. Details Episode 5 Aired Sep 26, 2018 The Most Unkindest Cut of All Will decides to write a play about Roman politician and general Julius Caesar. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 3, 2018 Go On and I Will Follow With the London Theatre Awards approaching, Will believes he has a chance of winning. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 25, 2018 A Crow Christmas Carol It's a bleak midwinter in the Shakespeare household as the family comes to terms with a cruel loss, but when a mysterious stranger tells Will a tale of redemption he becomes filled anew with love and light and hope. Details

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Upstart Crow — Season 3

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Season Info

Director
Richard Boden
Executive Producer
Chris Sussman
Screenwriter
Ben Elton
Network
BBC
Rating
TV-14
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
British English
Release Date
Aug 29, 2018