Thecentrepieceoftheseasonisagrippingthree-partdocumentaryseriesforBBCTwoandiPlayer,Shakespeare:RiseofaGenius,featuringanA-listcastofactors,includingDameJudiDench,DameHelenMirren,BrianCox,AdrianLester,LolitaChakrabarti,MartinFreemanandJessieBuckley,alongsideacademicsandwritersJames Shapiro ,Jeanette Winterson ,Lucy Jago ,Jeremy O’Harris andEwan Fernie -whoprovidefreshinsightsintotheincrediblestoryofourgreatestwriter,theplaceandtimeheinhabitedandtheworkheproduced.