Mathew Baynton

Bill Shakespeare is a hapless lute player with a big dream. Kicked out of his band, Bill leaves his despairing wife and kids behind in Stratford to seek fame and fortune in London. He's written a great work for the stage and he'll prove all the doubters wrong.

A mysterious fainting epidemic disrupts life at a strict English girls’ school, where two best friends have begun to explore their sexuality.

Set against a backdrop of early 60's London, TELSTAR is the story of the world's first independent record producer, Joe Meek. A maverick genius who enjoyed phenomenal early success with Telstar- the biggest selling record of it's time- before bad luck, depression, heartbreak and paranoia led to his downfall. This stranger than fiction true story is a satirical comic drama revealing the many sides of a man who is now revered as a pioneer of popular music.

Eight people from different walks of life, haunted by their demons, cross paths and find hope, redemption, and solutions to their ills in each other.