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‘Shakespeare & Hathaway’: S4.E2-E5. “Eps. 2–5”

BBC One’s “Shakespeare & Hathaway” is engaging entertainment

Shain E. Thomas
BritBox
Published in
2 min readFeb 18, 2022

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Jo Joyner and Mark Benton as Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway, respectively, in “Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators”

BBC One’s Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators returned to television screens on Valentine’s Day 2022 with the fourth series premiere If It Be Man’s Work. Is Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators on your daytime schedule?

The popular daytime dramedy, co-written and co-created by Paul Matthew Thompson and Jude Tindall, first came to television screens on Monday, 26 Feb. 2018.

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators, with Jo Joyner and Mark Benton respectively playing the titular Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway, consistently draws exceptional viewer figures for a daytime dramedy.

Further to Joyner and Benton, respectively playing Sebastian Brudenell, Detective Sergeant Joseph Keeler, and Gloria Fonteyn, the dramedy also stars Patrick Walshe McBride, Tomos Eames, and Roberta Taylor.

‘Shakespeare & Hathaway’: S4.E2. “If Music Be the Food of Love

Frank and Lu enter the competitive world of ballroom dancing, brimming with passion and jealousy, and learn the dangers of falling in love with your dance…

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Shain E. Thomas
BritBox

With an M.Sc. from the University of North Texas, I’m a freelance journalist and a social historian. #APStylebook #BBCStyleGuide http://shainethomas.com/