In Search of Shakespeare

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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Biking Boom

2018

Superbauten der Geschichte

Superbauten der Geschichte

2018

Fast Life

Fast Life

2017

The Mafia with Trevor McDonald

The Mafia with Trevor McDonald

2015

La Preuve par trois

La Preuve par trois

2016

L'homme et la forêt

L'homme et la forêt

2019

Un film et son époque

Un film et son époque

2003

Les nouveaux mondes sauvages

Les nouveaux mondes sauvages

2019

Stupéfiant !

Stupéfiant !

2016

Battlefields

Battlefields

2014

My Murder Story

My Murder Story

2020

WWE Break it Down

WWE Break it Down

2020

Böse Bauten

Böse Bauten

2013

WWE Formerly Known As

WWE Formerly Known As

2018

一城一味

一城一味

2014

Vice Versa

Vice Versa

2020

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

2020

Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme

Davina McCall: Life at the Extreme

2016

Geheimnisvoller Garten

Geheimnisvoller Garten

2014

The Innocence Files

The Innocence Files

2020