| Episode | Title | Description |
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| 1 | "Will the Real Shakespeare Please Stand Up?" | Looking into evidence that Shakespeare was Catholic. |
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| 2 | "His Father's Will" | The last will and testament of Shakespeare's father, modelled on a spiritual testament of Charles Borromeo, showing that the writer came from a devout Catholic family. |
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| 3 | "Faith of his Fathers" | More on Shakespeare's family. |
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| 4 | "Living with Outlaws" | Persecution of the Catholic faith as Shakespeare grew up. |
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| 5 | "A Rose by Any Other Name" | Whether Shakespeare served as a teacher in the estate of the Catholic Houghton family. |
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| 6 | "Love’s Labours, Lost Years" | The writer's "lost years", marriage and the baptism of his children as possible evidence of his faith. |
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| 7 | "Murdered Spy, Martyred Priest" | Connections to Christopher Marlowe and St Robert Southwell. |
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| 8 | "Playing Safe with the Queen" | Shakespeare's complicated dealings with Queen Elizabeth. |
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| 9 | "Family, Friends and Enemies" | Potential proof of Catholicism in the writer's relations with Family, Friends and Enemies. |
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| 10 | "The King's Good Servant" | Difficulties of relating with King James I. How could he remain the King's while remaining faithful to his Church. |
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| 11 | "The Lessons of Lear" | Evidence of Catholic sympathies in the work, King Lear. |
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| 12 | "Last Years" | End of his career, return to Stratford, and the Catholic milieu. |
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| 13 | "'He Died a Papist'" | Shakespeare’s will as evidence that his life and passing were as a faithful member of the Church. |
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1. ^McDonald, Thomas L., Joseph Pearce on Shakespeare the Catholic, NC Register, July 27–August 9, 2008 issue
2. ^Barrows, Jessica Teaching Teachers and Writing Books Ave Maria University