TELEVISION - SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY
Shakespeare & Hathaway is a British comedy-drama mystery television series set in Stratford-upon-Avon. Frank Hathaway and Luella Shakespeare are Private Investigators solving a wide assortment of cases that usual involve a murder at some point.
Cast
Jo Joyner - Luella Shakespeare
Mark Benton - Frank Hathaway
Patrick Walshe McBride - Sebastian Brudenell
Amber Aga - Detective Inspector Christina Marlowe
Tomos Eames - Detective Sergeant Keeler
Roberta Taylor - Gloria Fonteyn
2018
Series 1 - Original BBC broadcasts - All 10 episodes (9, 5 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - "O Brave New World" - Luella hires Frank to find out if her fiancé is cheating on her.
Episode 2 - "The Chimes at Midnight" - The team are hired to investigate sabotage at a nursing home, "Shady Nooks".
Episode 3 - "This Promised End" - A funeral director is told he will be killed in 24 hours time.
Episode 4 - "This Rough Magic" - A Magician hires Frank and Luella after part of his act goes wrong.
Episode 5 - "Toil and Trouble" - The local mayor is murdered and a former informant of Frank's is the prime suspect.
Episode 6 - "Exit, Pursued by a Bear" - A former soap star hires the team after receiving death threats.
Episode 7 - "The Fairest Show Means Most Deceit" - A simple workplace compensation claim takes a dark turn.
Episode 8 - "The Chameleon's Dish" - Frank and Luella go to a Spiritual Retreat to solve a case.
Episode 9 - "The Rascal Cook" - Frank and Luella investigate a case of sabotage in a top restaurant.
Episode 10 - "Ill Met by Moonlight" - A wealthy lady's daughter and expensive necklace go missing.
2019
Series 2 - Original BBC broadcasts - All 10 episodes (9, 5 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - "Outrageous Fortune" - Frank and Luella are employed to find a valuable mongrel dog that has gone missing.
Episode 2 - "The Play's the Thing" - Frank and Luella go undercover in a fantasy re-enactment group to investigate an affair.
Episode 3 - "This Cursed Hand" - Frank and Luella are employed by mysterious Russain Anastasia Kusk to find her husband, Pavel.
Episode 4 - "Beware the Ides of March" - A Pyschic TV show host is injured and the team have to find out who did it.
Episode 5 - "No More Cakes and Ale" - A solicitor hires the team to prove her client is not a violent criminal.
Episode 6 - "The Offered Fallacy" - Lookalike imposters of Frank and Luella are embezzling people.
Episode 7 - "Nothing Will Come of Nothing" - Frank and Luella are hired by Ava Foyle to find her missing husband, Lorenzo, a gambling addict.
Episode 8 - "In My Memory Lock'd" - Frank and Luella try to help a man suffering from amnesia.
Episode 9 - "The Envious Court" - When a tennis club owner's life is threatened, Shakespeare and Hathaway are called in to find out by whom.
Episode 10 - "Too Cold For Hell" - Luella and Inspector Marlowe team up in a race against time to help Frank.
2020
Series 3 - Original BBC broadcasts - All 10 episodes (9, 5 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - "How The Rogue Roar'd" - Frank is surprised to find an old adversary working in a Bingo Hall. But is he all he seems ?
Episode 2 - "See Thyself, Devil!" - Frank and Luella are hired by a washed-up Rock Star who thinks the Devil is trying to kill him.
Episode 3 - "The Sticking Place" - Frank and Luella are hired by a group of allotment gardeners who face eviction.
Episode 4 - "A Serpent's Tooth" - Frank and Luella aim to solve a suspicious death at a carpet factory.
Episode 5 - "Thy Fury Spent" - Frank and Luella are caught in the middle of a sexist dispute at a new Shakespeare Centre.
Episode 6 - "Reputation, Reputation, Reputation!" - Frank and Luella are thrust in to the world of Competitive Hairdressing to solve a crime.
Episode 7 - "Best Beware My Sting" - Frank is hired to look after a wealthy tycoon's daughter, but is soon faced with murder and kidnapping.
Episode 8 - "All That Glisters" - Frank and Luella are faced with a set of puzzles to find out if a mother was murdered in a car crash.
Episode 9 - "O Thou Invisible Spirit of Wine" - An investigation into the Paranormal at a Tudor Pub ends in murder and a resumption of an old rivalry.
Episode 10 - "Teach Me, Dear Creature" - Frank and Luella are thrust in to the world of Private Tutoring, and murder soon follows them.
2022
Series 4 - Original BBC broadcasts - All 9 episodes (9, 5 Discs, BBC, PAL)
Episode 1 - "If It Be Man's Work" - Frank and Luella are employed by a tech company to uncover a mole.
Episode 2 - "If Music Be the Food of Love" - Frank and Luella are employed to investigate a curse on a Dance School.
Episode 3 - "Too Much of Water" - Frank and Luella investigate the death of a beautiful socialite at a river party.
Episode 4 - "Most Wicked Speed" - Frank and Luella are employed by American private investigator who has been arrested for murder.
Episode 5 - "Hunger for Bread" - Frank and Luella investigate shady goings-on at a slimming club, and end up getting more than they bargained for.
Episode 6 - "Die We Must" - A burglary at a famous sci-fi author's leads Frank and Luella into more trouble.
Episode 7 - "Some Cupid Kills" - Frank and Luella are employed to find the killer of a poisoned Shakespearean actor.
Episode 8 - "And Rarest Parts" - Frank and Luella are employed by a man who is convinced that his dead son is haunting him.
Episode 9 - "Time Decays" - Frank is arrested for murder. Can Luella clear his name ?