The first trailer for Bill, the William Shakespeare comedy from the award-winning cast of BBC's Horrible Histories, has been released exclusively through Digital Spy.

The BBC Films and Koch Media production centres on what really happened during Shakespeare's 'Lost Years'Â - howÂ hopeless lute player Bill Shakespeare leaves his family and home to follow his dreams in London.

The film will see "murderous kings, spies, lost loves, and a plot to blow up Queen Elizabeth".

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Horrible Histories and Yonderland cast members Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond star in the film, playing 40 roles between them.

Bill is directed by Richard Bracewell and written by Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond.

The comedy will open in UK cinemas on March 27, 2015.

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