8.6/1010 votes#1 - This England
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/22/2012
Schama explores how, in his history plays, Shakespeare created a vision of England that still rings true today. Against the backdrop of the Reformation, Shakespeare began to dramatize English history and the English character in a new and unprecedented way. From his first blockbuster, Henry VI, he made sure that his England was not just a place where King and Queens strutted and preened, but where ordinary Englishmen and women took centre stage.
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8.4/1010 votes#2 - Hollow Crowns
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/29/2012
Simon Schama explores Shakespeare’s attitude to the other great subject of his day - Kingship. He asks how far Shakespeare’s most profound tragedies, including Richard II, Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear, were inspired by his own experience of writing for the courts of Elizabeth and James I.
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Genre:Documentary
Network:BBC Two
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"This England" is the best rated episode of "Simon Schama's Shakespeare" season 1. It scored 8.6/10 based on 10 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 6/22/2012. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Hollow Crowns".