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Episode 3
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In the fallout of the Gunpowder Plot, a family scandal threatens Shakespeare鈥檚 reputation. Creating his most epic and tragic work yet, his legacy is at risk of being lost forever.
Shakespeare鈥檚 life and legacy is threatened when the Gunpowder Plot unearths a secret he has worked all his life to bury: his family are Catholics, traitors to the crown. When his daughter is implicated in the fallout, Shakespeare unleashes his most epic work to date: Macbeth, which appeals to the new monarch, King James I. As Shakespeare teeters towards death, he reflects on his successes and failures, questioning family, forgiveness and mortality as his work is at risk of being lost forever.
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Fri 8 Nov 2024
15:30
成人快手 Persian TV
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Narrator | Juliet Stevenson |
Director | Julian Jones |
Editor | Tom Herington |
Editor | Justin James |
Composer | Nick Foster |
Executive Producer | David Glover |