Bill

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

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