Stream with KPBS+ / Watch Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS2
There are only two accepted representations of William Shakespeare that are considered “official” – but could a portrait that has been hanging over a family’s mantelpiece for the last 50 years be the third?
British window washer Steven Wadlow, whose father bought the portrait in the 1960s, is on the hunt to prove the painting is indeed genuine. If so, it could be worth as much as $200 million.
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Credits: A production of Barkingmad TV Limited for Blue Ant International, in association with The WNET Group. Narrated by Jay O. Sanders. Directed, produced, and edited by Madoc Roberts. For SECRETS OF THE DEAD: Julian Lim is producer; Benjamin Phelps is senior supervising producer; Stephanie Carter is executive producer; Stephen Segaller is executive in charge.
