Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
- TV comedy drama
- BBC One / 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 4 repeated Saturday at 8pm on Alibi
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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
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 |