How to Be Epic @ Shakespeare

A one-off special celebrating William Shakespeare. Marking 400 years since the death of the world's greatest playwright, this programme presents an unrivalled selection of experts, including stage and screen's Maxine Peake, Hip Hop Shakespeare Company's Lorianne Tika-Lemba and actor Ben Crystal - to demonstrate how to rap, act, sound like, dress like and direct Shakespeare. Also featuring the Top 10 Shakespeare Death Countdown, listing the most popular ways Shakespeare's characters met their untimely end, and a group of international schoolchildren show you how to quote Shakespeare in multiple languages.