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 3, Episode 3 repeated Saturday at 8pm on U&Alibi
Streaming rank this week: 2,445
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 2 - The Play's The Thing
Further details
Adrian Messenger, creator of The Legends of Engelworld, successfully controls the loves and lives of his LARP characters, but struggles with his own. He suspects wife Maggie, aka Queen Margaret, of having an affair with the Duke of Yorcastria, aka Major Tony Suffolk, and employs Frank and Lu to find proof.
Undercover in the game, Frank and Lu witness a devastated Maggie threatening to kill Tony when he breaks things off. When Tony, along with Adrian's assistant Katie, is shot during battle by real arrows fired by Maggie, it seems an open and shut case, although Maggie denies knowing her arrows were real.
Adrian begs Frank and Lu to prove Maggie's innocence - there are others in Engelworld that might want Tony hurt, including Ewan Clarence, whose King was recently murdered by Tony's Duke. But is the crown of Engelworld really worth killing for...?
Broadcast details
- Date
- Tuesday 26th 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 |
| Dominic Coleman | Adrian Messenger |
| Ray Fearon | Major Tony Suffolk |
| Emma Fryer | Maggie Messenger |
| Marek Larwood | Ewan Clarence |
| Sophie Stone | Katie Harper |
| Paul Matthew Thompson | Story Consultant |
| Jude Tindall | Story Consultant |
| Dan Muirden | Writer |
| Matt Carter | Director |
| Ella Kelly | Producer |
| Will Trotter | Executive Producer |
| Fiona Black | Line Producer |
| Neil Irvine | Script Producer |
| James Hey | Editor |
| Nick Turner | Production Designer |
| Laura McSwan | Casting Director |
| Stephen Moore | Casting Director |
| Claire Collins | Costume Designer |
| Chris Preston | Director of Photography |
| Helen Smith | Make-up Designer |
| Debbie Wiseman | Composer |
| Giles Dearn | 1st Assistant Director |
Press
Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators review
Easy chemistry between stars Mark Benton and Jo Joyner and clever twists offset the silliness of this hammy detective series.
Sarah Hughes, i Newspaper, 25th February 2019