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<\/p>\nJo Joyner’s popular comedy-drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators has confirmed a return date for its new season.<\/p>\n
The cosy series follows former hairdresser Luella Shakespeare (Joyner) and ex-cop Frank Hathaway (Mark Benton) as they team up to solve crime in Stratford-upon-Avon.<\/p>\n
It has now been confirmed that the fifth season will debut on Wednesday, 24 September at 8pm on U&Alibi. <\/p>\n
An official teaser trailer for the upcoming run of episodes has also been shared. In the clip, we get a glimpse of the comic antics to come from the two leads. There’s the promise of some “method” to the pair’s “madness”, too. <\/p>\n
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The new season will see the two join forces once again, having previously gone their separate ways.<\/p>\n
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Related: Best streaming services<\/a><\/p>\n Fans can expect “a remote team-building retreat, paintballing and a corporate spy”, offering “the perfect opportunity for our newly reformed gang to test their loyalties, until their client is electrocuted right in front of them”.<\/p>\n In the episodes, Frank is invited to a Murder Mystery School Reunion, where he bumps into an ex. However, “it\u2019s game over when the team find themselves trapped in an isolated mansion with a killer on the loose”. <\/p>\n Also teased is the death of a movie director at Stratford\u2019s annual ‘Horror-upon-Avon’ convention after “reportedly being terrorised by his own creations”. Meanwhile, Frank and Lu “find themselves starring in a horror movie of their own”, with the latter also coming back from holiday to find her house stolen.<\/p>\n Matt Towers\/\/BBC<\/p>\n Related: Best film and TV tours for 2025<\/a><\/p>\n “But unbeknownst to our gang, something wicked this way comes\u2026 a saboteur hides in the shadows determined to destroy Shakespeare & Hathaway for good,” the synopsis further teases. “Can our gang pull together in time to find the culprit before it\u2019s too late?”<\/p>\n Shakespeare & Hathaway has been largely praised by viewers, with one writing on IMDb<\/a> that the “humorous script and twisty plots” make it “a joy to watch”.<\/p>\n Another called it “great day time fluff”, adding: “If you like a harmless sex and violence free drama, this is a perfect escape.”<\/p>\n Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators will return on Wednesday, 24 September at 8pm on U&Alibi, and will launch on BBC and BBC iPlayer later. Seasons 1-4 are available on BBC iPlayer. <\/p>\n The new edition of Living Legends is here! Buy Gaga in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99. Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jo Joyner’s popular comedy-drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators has confirmed a return date for its new season.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,428,94052,430,134,429,94051,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-136596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-content-type-news","11":"tag-contentid-b9b98f8f-a760-4edd-b04b-93b592b969ad","12":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-locale-gb","15":"tag-shorttitle-jo-joyners-twisty-crime-drama-gets-return-date","16":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"tracyann](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/shakespeare-and-hathaway-tracy-ann-oberman-jo-joyner-1645142081.jpg\" "\\"Tracy-Ann")
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