Mitchell's waspish, not-suffering-fools-gladly intelligence is on display when answering a question about whether or not the BBC is right to be making such a fuss about Shakespeare on the 400th ...

David Mitchell is to play William Shakespeare in a new BBC Two sitcom. The Peep Show actor will play the bard "before he became famous" in Upstart Crow, Broadcast reports.Peep Show actor will play the ...

David Mitchell will play The Bard, William Shakespeare, in a new six-part series for the BBC. He'll be part of the Ben Elton-penned Upstart Crow, which follows Bill and his wife Anne Hathaway (no ...

David Mitchell is triumphant as Shakespeare on stage Credit: Johan Persson. David Mitchell is on form as William Shakespeare and it’s refreshing to see Gemma Whelan (who plays Kate) returning to ...

COMEDIAN David Mitchell jumped at the chance to play Shakespeare in a bawdy new sitcom, by Blackadder’s Ben Elton. Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.

Radcliffe and Maconie - ‘William Shakespeare would have made a great sitcom character’ – David Mitchell ponders an unlikely career path - BBC Sounds ...