Upstart Crow is a belter of a classic BBC sitcom, written by Ben Elton and telling the story of Shakespeare divided by his time in London with his theatre, and at home in Stratford with his family. I ...

The BBC has axed Upstart Crow, David Mitchell has revealed. Mitchell, who has played William Shakespeare in all three series of Ben Elton's BBC Two period comedy about the playwright, and in both runs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Elton said: “With incredible names like Ben Miller, Lily Cole and Kenneth Branagh all making guest appearances, the third series ...

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But there was no jarring handbrake turn for writer Ben Elton who, like his hero the Bard, has form in melding tragedy and comedy to great effect. Rather he used that storyline to make a narratively ...