Upstart Crow (2016)

Shakespeare as a put-upon writer with a commute. Ben Elton's BBC Two sitcom casts David Mitchell as the Bard from 1592 onwards, shuttling between London theaters and his family in Stratford, and moaning about coach journeys exactly the way people moan about motorways and railways today. Every episode borrows from one or more of the plays, so fans of the canon get a double layer of jokes, and Will keeps claiming credit for phrases that were already old. Three series and two Christmas specials ran from 2016, with a final special in December 2020. Elton's love of a groan-worthy pun is on full display, which is a feature or a warning depending on your taste.