Where to watch In Search of Shakespeare (2003) in the UK
In Search of Shakespeare (2003) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 26 August 2026 by ScreenSearch.
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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Netflix
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Amazon Prime Video
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Top-billed cast in In Search of Shakespeare.
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Michael WoodHimself - Host -
Desmond BarritVarious -
Ray FearonVarious -
Fred MelamedAnnouncer -
Julian GloverSelf -
Gregory DoranSelf -
Eddie RedmayneSelf -
Antony SherSelf
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