Movie Connections - Series 1 - Shakespeare in Love

Series which takes an in-depth look at some classic British films of recent years. Released in 1999, Shakespeare in Love was an unlikely success - a romantic comedy stuffed with wordplay, double-meanings, women pretending to be men and Americans pretending to be English - but audiences loved it and even Shakespearean scholars succumbed. Tom Stoppard's screenplay made bankable stars out of Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes and helped the movie scoop seven Academy Awards.