Bill

Tom Meeten as Spanish Servant Simon Farnaby as Earl of Croydon / Juan Domingo / Sausage / Dmitri Alexandrovitch / Fur Seller Mathew Baynton as William 'Bill' Shakespeare / Lord Burghley / English Messenger / Customs Official Jamie Demetriou as Sergio Susy Kane as Lady in Waiting Jared Morgan as Protestant Bishop Will Rastall as Mortal Coil Bandmate Ben Willbond as King Phillip II of Spain / Earl of Southampton / Grubby Thief / Alexander Dimitrievitch / Head of Guards Justin Edwards as Sir Francis Drake Rufus Jones as Sir Walter Raleigh Laurence Rickard as Sir Francis Walsingham / Lope Lopez / Stand-Up Jester / Chatty Guard / Slightly Late Courtier / Ian / Hanging Criminal / Chicken Drumstick Helen McCrory as Queen Elizabeth I Damian Lewis as Sir Richard Hawkins Tom Cox as Mortal Coil Bandmate Jim Howick as Christopher Marlowe / Gabriel Montoya / Cynical Jester / Palace Doorman / Mysterious Man / Even Grubbier Thief / Party Planner Stephen Greif as Spanish Advisor David Crow as Ramon Olesja Sidorovich as Lady in Waiting Kevin Hudson as Tavern Keeper (uncredited) Martha Howe-Douglas as Anne Hathaway / Molly / Spanish Courtier / Body Collector Gareth Tunley as Guard Grant Crookes as Courtier (uncredited)

Laurie Rose Director of Photography Jo McLaren Stunt Coordinator Christine Langan Executive Producer Compton Ross Executive Producer Mark Milsome Camera Operator David Freeman Editor Natascha Wharton Executive Producer Ryan Stuart Stunts Nadia Stacey Makeup Designer Laurence Rickard Writer Phil Hunt Executive Producer Alice Dawson Producer Andrew Hewitt Original Music Composer Ben Willbond Writer