Couple of years old now, but I just discovered it. Awesome show 
You might be able to pick it up streaming from the BBC - we've got it here via the ABC (that's the Australian one, not the American).
Written by Ben Elton and starring David Mitchell as William Shakespeare, that should probably tell you enough about it to have you wanting to take a watch... with Elton's writing and the setting (not to mention Mitchell's delivery), it does come across a little Blackadder-y, which is no criticism as far as I'm concerned.
Very well worth checking out if you can.
Also has Harry Enfield and Gemma Whelan (aka Yara Greyjoy from GoT).
You might be able to pick it up streaming from the BBC - we've got it here via the ABC (that's the Australian one, not the American).
Written by Ben Elton and starring David Mitchell as William Shakespeare, that should probably tell you enough about it to have you wanting to take a watch... with Elton's writing and the setting (not to mention Mitchell's delivery), it does come across a little Blackadder-y, which is no criticism as far as I'm concerned.
Very well worth checking out if you can.
Also has Harry Enfield and Gemma Whelan (aka Yara Greyjoy from GoT).
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Some of the jokes in there obviously do have some Shakespeare references, so it helps if you're at least a little familiar with it.. but there's plenty of pretty universal stuff in there, and quite a few 'current' issues transplanted back to that setting... eg there's something of a running gag in there with him complaining about the traffic/roadworks/commute - though in '16th century' mode, when going back and forth between work and home.