Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One / U&Alibi
- 2018 - 2022
- 40 episodes (4 series)
Comedy drama about an oddball pair of private detectives. Stars Mark Benton, Jo Joyner, Patrick Walshe McBride, Amber Aga, Tomos Eames and more.
- Due to return for Series 5
- Series 1, Episode 5 repeated Saturday at 8pm on U&Alibi
Streaming rank this week: 1,513
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Series 2, Episode 1 - Outrageous Fortune
Further details
Lawyer George Gonzalo seeks out Frank and Lu to help a client with a difference - he's got four paws and is worth his weight in gold.
Mongrel Tim, heir to the late Theodore Athenaeus' vast shipping fortune, has run away from his life of luxury at the opulent Miranda Park. With the promise of a £25,000 reward for his safe recovery, Frank and Lu vow to suss out where, and why, Tim would flee, questioning Tim's plethora of staff, vet Antigone Carter, personal trainer Wayne, animal stylist Benoit and eccentric animal undertaker Leonard Baxter along the way.
The case heats up when Gonzalo receives a ransom video demanding £200,000, revealing that Tim didn't run away - but was kidnapped. When Lu discovers the CCTV footage from the night Tim went missing was tampered with, it seems Tim's disappearance was an inside job. But who would wish ill on a lonely, pampered pooch?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 25th February 2019
- Time
- 2:15pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 45 minutes
Cast & crew
| Mark Benton | Frank Hathaway |
| Jo Joyner | Luella Shakespeare |
| Patrick Walshe McBride | Sebastian Brudenell |
| Amber Aga | DI Marlowe |
| Roberta Taylor | Gloria Fonteyn |
| Leila Ayad | Dorka Ugric |
| Paul Clayton | Leonard Baxter |
| Thomas Dominique | Wayne McKenzie |
| Elinor Lawless | Antigone Carter |
| Michael Maloney | George Gonzalo |
| Colin Ryan | Benoit Roux |
| Jude Tindall | Writer |
| Paul Matthew Thompson | Story Consultant |
| Ian Barber | Director |
| Ella Kelly | Producer |
| Will Trotter | Executive Producer |
| Fiona Black | Line Producer |
| Neil Irvine | Script Producer |
| Alex Kalmakrian | Editor |
| Nick Turner | Production Designer |
| Julia Crampsie | Casting Director |
| Gemma Hancock | Casting Director |
| Claire Collins | Costume Designer |
| Chris Preston | Director of Photography |
| Helen Smith | Make-up Designer |
| Debbie Wiseman | Composer |
| William Hartley | 1st Assistant Director |