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[10/15/25 - 09:02 AM]
Sirens On: BAFTA-Winning "Blue Lights" Returns to BritBox for Explosive Third Season
Other November highlights include "Belgravia," "Friday Night Dinner," and "Shakespeare and Hathaway: Private Investigators."
[09/24/24 - 01:31 AM]
"Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators" Recommissioned for Series Five
Jo Joyner, Mark Benton and Patrick Walshe McBride will reprise their roles as Luella Shakespeare, Frank Hathaway and Sebastian Brudenell.
[05/15/23 - 09:21 AM]
Ovation TV Kicks Off a Four-Season Run of "Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators" Starting Saturday, June 24
Starring Mark Benton as the hard-boiled Frank Hathaway and Jo Joyner as his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare, the series was created by Paul Matthew Thompson and Jude Tindall.
[04/26/23 - 08:33 AM]
Ovation TV Signs Deal with BBC Studios for "Death in Paradise" and "Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators"
The deal, which provides Ovation with premium mystery programming, covers 11 seasons of "Death in Paradise" and four seasons of "Shakespeare & Hathaway."






SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY: PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS (BRITBOX)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
6/24/23 - ???
STATUS:
on hiatus or fate to be determined
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
CURRENT SEASON:
5 (10 episodes)
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ADDITIONAL NOTES:
completed airing its fifth season on 1/27/26; has yet to be renewed for a sixth season
DESCRIPTION:
(from BritBox's web site, November 2025) The unlikely detective duo of Frank and Lu discover that not all is as peaceful as it seems in the picturesque Stratford-upon-Avon, where fact is stranger than fiction and low-life criminals get caught up in deliciously high drama.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Jo Joyner as Lu Shakespeare
· Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway
CREW INFORMATION:
· Jude Tindall as CRTR
· Paul Matthew Thompson as CRTR
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· BBC Studios