Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators
Season 5 Premiere:
TVPG
Comedy drama
Crime
An oddball couple of private detectives investigate crime in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Cast & Crew
Mark Benton Frank Hathaway
Jo Joyner Luella Shakespeare
Patrick Walshe McBride Sebastian Brudenell
Tomos Eames DS Joe Keeler
Ella Kelly Producer
Will Trotter Executive Producer
Piotr Szkopiak Director
Paul Matthew Thompson Screenwriter
Ceri Meyrick Executive Producer
Caroline Slater Producer
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Upcoming TV Airings
The airings below are based on a generic national schedule. Times and dates can vary by TV provider.
Tuesday, December 9
Teach Me, Dear Creature
Season 3 • Episode 10
Frank and Lu delve into the world of private tutoring; Sebastian reunites with an old mate.
Tuesday, December 9
If It Be Man's Work
Season 4 • Episode 1
Frank and Lu help to expose a mole within local tech company Forosa.
Tuesday, December 9
If Music Be the Food of Love
Season 4 • Episode 2
Frank and Lu enter the competitive world of ballroom dancing, which brims with passion and jealousy.
Tuesday, December 9
Too Much of Water
Season 4 • Episode 3
Frank and Lu investigate the drowning of a former Miss Stratford-upon-Avon.
Tuesday, December 9
Most Wicked Speed
Season 4 • Episode 4
When police arrest an American PI for murder, Frank and Lu get taken for a ride.
Tuesday, December 9
Hunger for Bread
Season 4 • Episode 5
Lu infiltrates a slimming club to uncover their secrets, but she gets more than she bargained for.
Wednesday, December 10
If Music Be the Food of Love
Season 4 • Episode 2
Frank and Lu enter the competitive world of ballroom dancing, which brims with passion and jealousy.
Wednesday, December 10
Too Much of Water
Season 4 • Episode 3
Frank and Lu investigate the drowning of a former Miss Stratford-upon-Avon.
Wednesday, December 10
Most Wicked Speed
Season 4 • Episode 4
When police arrest an American PI for murder, Frank and Lu get taken for a ride.
Tuesday, December 16
Die We Must
Season 4 • Episode 6
Frank and Lu find themselves trapped in famous author Greg Alban's house.
Tuesday, December 16
Some Cupid Kills
Season 4 • Episode 7
Frank and Lu investigate a death at a Shakespeare-for-hire agency.
Tuesday, December 16
And Rarest Parts
Season 4 • Episode 8
Frank and Lu are approached by a wealthy member of the local trainspotting community.
Tuesday, December 16
Time Decays
Season 4 • Episode 9
An idyllic Shakespeare walk soon turns to disaster when one of the walkers is murdered.
Tuesday, December 16
I No More Desire a Rose
Season 4 • Episode 10
Frank and Lu are hired to unmask the "Voice in the Dark" who threatens to destroy Wintermas.
Tuesday, December 16
O Brave New World
Season 1 • Episode 1
Frank Hathaway finds an unlikely partner in Lu Shakespeare when the pair are thrown together.
Wednesday, December 17
Hunger for Bread
Season 4 • Episode 5
Lu infiltrates a slimming club to uncover their secrets, but she gets more than she bargained for.
Wednesday, December 17
Die We Must
Season 4 • Episode 6
Frank and Lu find themselves trapped in famous author Greg Alban's house.
Wednesday, December 17
Some Cupid Kills
Season 4 • Episode 7
Frank and Lu investigate a death at a Shakespeare-for-hire agency.
Tuesday, December 23
The Chimes at Midnight
Season 1 • Episode 2
Frank and Lu encounter hapless assistants and spirited geriatrics when investigating.
Tuesday, December 23
This Promised End
Season 1 • Episode 3
Frank and Lu race against time when an undertaker is given 24 hours to live by two strange hitmen.
Tuesday, December 23
This Rough Magic
Season 1 • Episode 4
Frank and Lu investigate when a woman dies in a magic trick gone gruesomely wrong.
Tuesday, December 23
Toil and Trouble
Season 1 • Episode 5
Lu and Frank try to exonerate a local criminal when the mayor is murdered in the dead of night.
Tuesday, December 23
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Season 1 • Episode 6
Frank and Lu investigate death threats made against a former soap star.
Tuesday, December 23
The Fairest Show Means Most Deceit
Season 1 • Episode 7
A workplace compensation claim is not as straightforward as it seems.
Wednesday, December 24
And Rarest Parts
Season 4 • Episode 8
Frank and Lu are approached by a wealthy member of the local trainspotting community.
Wednesday, December 24
Time Decays
Season 4 • Episode 9
An idyllic Shakespeare walk soon turns to disaster when one of the walkers is murdered.
Wednesday, December 24
I No More Desire a Rose
Season 4 • Episode 10
Frank and Lu are hired to unmask the "Voice in the Dark" who threatens to destroy Wintermas.
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