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Upstart Crow Returns To The BBC With A Plague Christmas Special

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 managed to see the TV show being recorded and earlier in the year, also got to see[...]

The First Review Of Upstart Crow, The Play – Having Its Cake, Eating It, Smearing It Down Its Puffling Pants

Upstart Crow is the theatrical sequel to the BBC TV sitcom of the same name, with the same writer Ben Elton and pretty much the same cast Directed by Sean Foley, it premiered last night in the Gielgud Theatre in London's West End A show that regularly entertained millions on TV, entertained just hundreds, even[...]

Ben Elton to Use Upstart Crow to Criticise Red Nose Day and Comic Relief

Ben Elton writes an episode of his latest sitcom that criticises Comic Relief? Seems so. Upstart Crow is the latest sitcom written by Elton for BBC2, following The Young Ones, Blackadder, Blessed and The Thin Blue Line It stars David Mitchell and tells the London and Stratford life of William Shakespeare, his family, and his work colleagues[...]