Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators - Series 2, Episode 3 - This Cursed Hand - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
A missing person's case turns to murder as Frank and Lu investigate the disappearance of an Eastern European oligarch.
Further details
Failed actor Harold Hamworthy has a penchant for mischief and hogging the limelight, but when he absconds with Sebastian's tourists during a Shakespearean ghost walk, something finally upstages him - in the form of a dismembered human hand.
Harold finds himself in hot water when sinister figures Alek and Dimitri try to snatch the hand, but he manages to give them the slip. Meanwhile, Lu and Frank are hired to find missing multimillionaire, Pavel Kusk, by his wife, Anastasia.
Frank has a hunch that Pavel could be in the opulent Hotel Philomel; undercover as a bellboy, Sebastian investigates, to discover Pavel Kusk murdered - and missing a hand. With the two incidents linked, and the violent thugs hunting for Harold, Sebastian and the hand, it's a race against the clock to crack the case - who killed Pavel Kusk, and why?
Broadcast details
Date
Wednesday 27th February 2019
Time
2:15pm
Channel
Length
45 minutes
Cast & crew
Cast
Mark Benton | Frank Hathaway |
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Jo Joyner | Luella Shakespeare |
Patrick Walshe McBride | Sebastian Brudenell |
Amber Aga | DI Marlowe |
Guest cast
Asheq Akhtar | Ajay Matharu |
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David Calder | Harold Hamworthy |
Paul Moriarty | Pavel / Petrov Kusk |
Kristian Phillips | Alek Hodzic |
Carol Royle | Anastasia Kusk |
Adam Wittek | Dimitri Kapel |
Writing team
Paul Matthew Thompson | Story Consultant |
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Jude Tindall | Story Consultant |
David Semple | Writer |
Production team
Paul Gibson | Director |
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Ella Kelly | Producer |
Will Trotter | Executive Producer |
Fiona Black | Line Producer |
Neil Irvine | Script Producer |
Stephen Killick | Editor |
Nick Turner | Production Designer |
John Cannon | Casting Director |
Rachelle Williams-Parker | Casting Director |
Claire Collins | Costume Designer |
Helen Smith | Make-up Designer |
Debbie Wiseman | Composer |
Joe May | Director of Photography |
James Mountain | 1st Assistant Director |