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[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 (OVATION)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
6/24/23 - ???
STATUS:
on hiatus or fate to be determined
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
CURRENT SEASON:
4 (10 episodes)
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
completed airing its fourth season on 11/4/23; has yet to be renewed for a fifth season
DESCRIPTION:
(from Ovation TV's press release, April 2023) Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators stars Mark Benton as the hard-boiled Frank Hathaway and Jo Joyner as his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare and is created by Paul Matthew Thompson and Jude Tindall. The unlikely pair forms a partnership as they investigate extramarital affairs, murderous magicians, abducted au pairs, and more in Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwickshire. Despite their constant disagreements, the duo makes a good team in the action packed, fun-filled drama. Shakespeare & Hathaway is a BBC Studios production for the BBC, distributed internationally by BBC Studios.
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