In Search of Shakespeare
8.0
Season 1
60 min
S1 · E1 · Jun 28, 2003
A Time of Revolution Episode 1
60 min
S1 · E2 · Jul 5, 2003
The Lost Years Episode 2
60 min
S1 · E3 · Jul 12, 2003
The Duty of Poets Episode 3
60 min
S1 · E4 · Jul 19, 2003
For All Time Episode 4
4 episodes in Season 1
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Complete four part series exploring the life of the world's greatest and most famous writer. Presenter-led, mixing travel, adventure, live action interviews and specially shot documentary and live action sequences with the RSC on the road. A history series - it focuses not on the plays, but on the history and sets the life of the poet in the extraordinary times in which he lived. We are introduced to the dark world of Queen Elizabeth's police state - a time of surveillance, militarism and foreign wars. We are reminded that Shakespeare lived through the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot, the colonisation of the New World and the beginnings of British power in America. But most importantly Shakespeare also lived through England’s Cultural Revolution: an enforced split with the old medieval English spirit world which was to lead the English people into a brave new Protestant future.
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Michael Wood
Himself - Host
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Michael Wood Creator · David Wallace Director Leo Eaton Executive producer
Total runtime 4h 0m · Episode length 60 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
June 28, 2003
Final episode
July 19, 2003
Status
Ended
Network
BBC Two
Country
United Kingdom
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
60 min
Total runtime
4h 0m
Original language
English
Production
Maya Vision International
Production
BBC
Production
PBS
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
English
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