British television series
| Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Comedy-drama, mystery |
| Created by | Paul Matthew Thompson Jude Tindall |
| Starring |
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| Composer | Debbie Wiseman |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| No. of series | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 30 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Will Trotter |
| Producer | Ella Kelly |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company | BBC Studios |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC One |
| Picture format | 2:1 1080p |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 26 February 2018 (2018-02-26) – present |
| External links | |
| BBC website | |
Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators is a British drama mystery television series set in Stratford-upon-Avon and produced by BBC Birmingham. A second series of ten episodes began broadcasting on 25 February 2019.[1] [2] A third series of ten episodes began broadcasting on 3 February 2020.[3] A fourth series of ten episodes has been commissioned for broadcast in 2022.[4]
Plot [edit]
Ex-Detective Inspector (DI) Frank Hathaway, now a debt-laden private investigator, meets Luella Shakespeare when she employs him to investigate the fiancé she met online. Hathaway and his assistant Sebastian Brudenell discover that the fiancé is a con man. They report back to Luella, but she is reassured by her fiancé, and the wedding occurs. When her new husband is killed at the reception, Luella is suspected of murder by local Detective Inspector Christina Marlowe, who had been Frank's junior. Luella is thrown together with Frank and Sebastian to crack the mystery of what has happened, and after her name is cleared, she uses her recovered savings to buy into Frank's business. Frank's only employee is Sebastian Brudenell, a young aspiring RADA-trained actor who uses his skills when undercover investigations are required. He lives above a theatre costumier run by Gloria Fonteyn.
Cast [edit]
- Jo Joyner as Luella Shakespeare
- Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway
- Patrick Walshe McBride as Sebastian Brudenell
- Amber Aga as Detective Inspector Christina Marlowe (Series 1–2)
- Tomos Eames as Detective Sergeant Joseph Keeler
- Roberta Taylor as Gloria Fonteyn
- Yasmin Kaur Barn as Police Constable Viola Deacon (Series 3)
Episodes [edit]
Series 1 (2018) [edit]
Series 2 (2019) [edit]
Series 3 (2020) [edit]
International broadcast [edit]
In Australia the first series began airing on ABC on 8 June 2018. The first series began airing on PBS in the US on 12 January 2019.[5] In Italy, the series began airing on RAI 2 from 4 August 2019.[6] In Germany series 1 started 5 April 2019 on ZDFneo.[7] Series 2 is running from 12 June 2020 onwards, again on ZDFneo. [8]
Reception [edit]
In a review of the first episode The Daily Telegraph called it "a nice, cosy drama" but found "plenty to dislike" about it, criticising in particular what it saw as an abundance of cliches, the character of Sebastian and the "crassness" of using the last names of William Shakespeare and his wife, Anne Hathaway, as the names of the detectives, and as the title of the series. The review stated, however, that daytime television, where the series airs in the UK, "is not really the place for complexity or grit". It also found that "the first episode of Shakespeare & Hathaway did at least set up two leading characters you'd want to see more of", and praised Benton and Joyner for their performances.[9]
The Sunday Express found the programme "difficult to fault[...] well acted, nicely written – with decent jokes – and beautifully shot around Stratford". It compared the show favourably with other, grittier fare on offer in television drama schedules.[10]
Reviewing the first episode of the second series in 2019, i newspaper praised the "easy chemistry" of Joyner and Benton, as well as "a strong supporting cast [that] includes nice turns from Roberta Taylor and Patrick Walshe McBride in particular". Overall, it says, "this is drama with the ham in the oven and turned up to ten. And yet somehow, it actually works". Paying special attention to the writing of creators Jude Tindall and Paul Matthew Thompson, it goes on to say that "the real appeal of this show lies in a gentle if arch charm, decent plots and a sense that if we're going to spend time in territory adjacent to Midsomer Murders, then you might as well have fun with it".[11]
Home media [edit]
| Series | UK release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | 23 April 2018 | Disc One: Episode 1 – O Brave New World Episode 2 – The Chimes at Midnight Episode 3 – This Promised End Episode 4 – This Rough Magic Disc Two: Episode 5 – Toil and Trouble Episode 6 – Exit, Pursued by a Bear Episode 7 – The Fairest Show Means Most Deceit Disc Three: Episode 8 – The Chameleon's Dish Episode 9 – The Rascal Cook Episode 10 – Ill Met by Moonlight |
| Series 2 | 25 March 2019 | |
| Series 3 | 23 March 2020 |
A Region B-locked Blu-ray of Series 1 was released in March 2019 and Series 2 was released on both DVD and Blu-ray in the UK in April 2019.[12]
References [edit]
- ^ "Shakespeare and Hathaway is a 'gentler' form of crime drama". Stuff . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Meet the cast of Shakespeare and Hathaway series two". Radio Times . Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators". BBC . Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- ^ "BBC Studios is recommissioned to produce more series of daytime crime dramas Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators and Father Brown". BBC . Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Young, Bill (24 October 2018). "'Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators' heads to public television in 2019". KERA Tellyspotting. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
- ^ Di Gregorio, Silvia. "Shakespeare & Hathaway su Rai 2 quando va in onda, trama e news" (in Italian). TV Serial. It. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ KG, imfernsehen GmbH & Co. "Shakespeare & Hathaway". Retrieved 25 May 2020 – via www.fernsehserien.de.
- ^ "Shakespeare & Hathaway: Britische Krimiserie". www.zdf.de . Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Benji (26 February 2018). "Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators is a nice, cosy drama full of cliches: episode one review". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Stevenson, David (4 March 2018). "Shakespeare & Hathaway review: A BBC One 10-part series". The Sunday Express . Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Hughes, Sarah (25 February 2019). "Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators - gently arch daytime drama". i . Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators – Series 2 [BBC] on DVD". Retrieved 17 April 2019.
External links [edit]
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_%26_Hathaway:_Private_Investigators
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