Thecentrepieceoftheseasonisagrippingthree-partdocumentaryseriesforBBCTwoandiPlayer,Shakespeare:RiseofaGenius,featuringanA-listcastofactors,includingDameJudiDench,DameHelenMirren,BrianCox,AdrianLester,LolitaChakrabarti,MartinFreemanandJessieBuckley,alongsideacademicsandwritersJamesShapiro,JeanetteWinterson,LucyJago,JeremyO’HarrisandEwanFernie-whoprovidefreshinsightsintotheincrediblestoryofourgreatestwriter,theplaceandtimeheinhabitedandtheworkheproduced.