Type: Docudrama
Cast: Callum Scott Howells
Director: Ashley Gething
Location: London, Stratford-upon-Avon
Year: 2023

Episode 102 follows Shakespeare at the height of his early success, now working with the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and producing major works including A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Henry IV, and Julius Caesar. But as his career rises, personal losses and family pressures begin to darken his world, pushing him toward his most searching and psychologically complex play: Hamlet. The episode depicts Shakespeare as a man negotiating ambition with grief and the pain of his private turmoil echoes on forever.