Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators Series 1 episode guide - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Series 1

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Luella Shakespeare (Jo Joyner), Genevieve Shakespeare (Julia Deakin). Copyright: BBC

1. O Brave New World

Monday 26th February 2018

Frank Hathaway finds an unlikely partner in Lu Shakespeare when the pair are thrown together to catch a killer and clear Lu's name.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Owain Pincott (Ian Hughes), Penelope Pincott (Vicki Pepperdine). Copyright: BBC

2. The Chimes At Midnight

Tuesday 27th February 2018

When a stressed care home owner falls to her death, Frank and Lu encounter hapless care assistants and surprisingly spirited geriatrics.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Luella Shakespeare (Jo Joyner), Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton). Copyright: BBC

3. This Promised End

Wednesday 28th February 2018

Frank and Lu race against the clock when an undertaker is given only 24 hours to live by two mysterious hitmen.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Maggie Pross (Emma Noakes), Lawrence Pross (Daniel Cerqueira). Copyright: BBC

4. This Rough Magic

Thursday 1st March 2018

Frank and Lu investigate mysterious goings-on when a woman dies in a magic trick gone gruesomely wrong.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton), William 'Billy The Brick' Porters (Ciaran Griffiths). Copyright: BBC

5. Toil And Trouble

Friday 2nd March 2018

Lu and Frank try to exonerate local criminal Billy after the mayor is murdered in the dead of night.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Luella Shakespeare (Jo Joyner), Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton). Copyright: BBC

6. Exit, Pursued By A Bear

Monday 5th March 2018

Frank and Lu investigate death threats made against a former soap star who is about to stage her return to the limelight.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Leon Tarsich (Karl Davies), Sebastian Brudenell (Patrick Walshe McBride). Copyright: BBC

7. The Fairest Show Means Most Deceit

Tuesday 6th March 2018

A workplace compensation claim is not as straightforward as it first seems, and Frank is sceptical when a long-lost relative tracks him down.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Lily Rattle (Fern Deacon), Polly Rattle (Jo-Anne Knowles). Copyright: BBC

8. The Chameleon's Dish

Wednesday 7th March 2018

Frank and Lu struggle to protect a troubled teen who suffers from nightmarish premonitions of murder.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton), Dita Pardey (Georgie Lord), Luella Shakespeare (Jo Joyner). Copyright: BBC

9. The Rascal Cook

Thursday 8th March 2018

Frank and Lu feel the heat in the kitchen when they investigate a campaign of culinary sabotage.

Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators. Image shows from L to R: Lady Tania Bede (Anna Wilson Jones), Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton). Copyright: BBC

10. Ill Met By Moonlight

Friday 9th March 2018

Frank and Lu must recover a precious jewel and a rebellious teenager before midnight strikes at Lady Bede's end-of-summer ball.

Catch-up

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Series One

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Series One Blu-ray and DVD

Private inspector Frank Hathaway has always worked alone. Only Frank isn't doing so well. He might have a brilliant instinct when it comes to solving crime, but he's also out of shape and low on cash. Frank needs a partner. Frank needs ex-hairdresser and people-person Lu. He just doesn't know...

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Series 1-4

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators - Series 1-4 Blu-ray and DVD

The first four series of this much-loved BBC comedy mystery series in which an oddball couple of private detectives named Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway investigate crime in and around Stratford-upon-Avon.

(DI) Frank Hathaway, now a debt-laden investigator meets Luella Shakespeare when she employs him to investigate the fiancé she...