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The Reckoning
10/10Jerry Brotton returns to Deptford to investigate the claims that Kit Marlowe was murdered.

Becoming the Story
9/10Jerry Brotton explores Kit Marlowe's last play The Massacre at Paris.

Mad About the Boy
8/10Jerry Brotton explores Marlowe's taboo-breaking play Edward II.

His Dark Arts
7/10Jerry Brotton explores the dark side of Kit Marlowe's Dr Faustus.

Enter Ghost
6/10Jerry Brotton reveals the enduring influence of Marlowe on Shakespeare.

The Merchant of Malta
5/10Jerry Brotton explores Marlowe's dark inspiration for Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.

The Mighty Line
4/10Jerry Brotton explores Tamburlaine and Kit Marlowe’s ‘mighty line’.

Metamorphoses
3/10Jerry Brotton visits Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, where Kit Marlowe studied.

Canterbury Tales
2/10Jerry Brotton visits Canterbury, the town of Kit Marlowe’s birth.

Death in Deptford
1/10Jerry Brotton explores the short and turbulent life of Christopher ‘Kit’ Marlowe.