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.
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 4 - Beware The Ides Of March
Further details
When a falling studio light nearly kills Julienne Fortby live on air during psychic TV show The Fortby Sisters, the horrified psychic visits Frank and Lu - someone's trying to kill her. Frank's sceptical of the medium, although Lu's impressed when Julienne gets a "message" from her late grandmother.
Julienne suspects her jealous sister and co-host, Marcia who lacks 'the gift', is responsible. Investigating at Calpurnia Studios, our PIs discover a host of suspects, among them broadcast technician Scott Blacksell and security guard Bruce Perry, not to mention ex-fan Enid Kascar who the sisters have recently sued after she accused them of fakery.
But when Marcia is hit by the Fortby Orb during a live show and hospitalised, the case is thrown wide open... Can Frank and Lu catch whoever's behind these "accidents" before they take a turn for the deadly?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 28th February 2019
- Time
- 2:15pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 45 minutes
Upcoming repeats
- Friday 27th December 2024 at 9:00pm on U&Alibi
Cast & crew
Mark Benton | Frank Hathaway |
Jo Joyner | Luella Shakespeare |
Patrick Walshe McBride | Sebastian Brudenell |
Amber Aga | DI Marlowe |
Janet Dibley | Julienne Fortby |
Sian Reeves | Marcia Fortby |
Eileen O'Brien | Enid Kascar |
Nav Sidhu | Scott Blacksell |
Joe Sims | Bruce Porter |
Paul Matthew Thompson | Story Consultant |
Jude Tindall | Story Consultant |
Rachel Smith | Writer |
Gill Wilkinson | Director |
Ella Kelly | Producer |
Will Trotter | Executive Producer |
Fiona Black | Line Producer |
Neil Irvine | Script Producer |
James Hey | Editor |
Nick Turner | Production Designer |
John Cannon | Casting Director |
Stephen Moore | Casting Director |
Claire Collins | Costume Designer |
Chris Preston | Director of Photography |
Helen Smith | Make-up Designer |
Debbie Wiseman | Composer |
Bella Merritt | 1st Assistant Director |