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Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators has commenced filming for its fifth season in Stratford-upon-Avon. The popular drama sees Jo Joyner, Mark Benton, and Patrick Walshe McBride return as Luella Shakespeare, Frank Hathaway, and Sebastian Brudenell. Produced by BBC Studios Drama Productions in Birmingham, the new series is co-commissioned by BBC Content and UKTV. It is […]

Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators Begins Filming for Fifth Series...

Cozy mystery fans have waited a long time for this: the BBC announced that Shakespeare & Hathaway is back for Season 5, or as the folks across the pond say, Series 5.

Here are all the details including who is returning for the upcoming season.

Shakespeare & Hathaway BBC Jo Joyner, Mark Benton – Instagram Shakespeare & Hathaway Season 5 Is Happening!

On Tuesday, BBC announced that Shakespeare & Hathaway Series 5 is in production. That means Jo Joyner, Mark Benton, and Patrick Welshe McBride are back for Season 5. They portray the Stratford-upon-Avon detectives Luella Shakespeare, Frank Hathaway and Sebastian Brudenell.

It has been over two years since Season 4. Therefore, all fans of cozy mysteries or British detective shows like Midsomer Murders can get excited for more fun and intriguing mysteries from this talented trio.

Jo Joyner was thrilled to reprise her role as Lu. “I’m so excited to be stepping back into Luella’s bright and fluffy shoes!

Chance Perdomo, the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Gen V star, has died. He was 27.

The actor died as a result of a motorcycle accident, his representatives told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement. Nobody else was involved in the accident.

“His passion for the arts and insatiable appetite for life was felt by all who knew him, and his warmth will carry on in those who he loved dearest,” a statement from his reps said. “We ask to please respect the family’s wish for privacy as they mourn the loss of their beloved son and brother.”

Most recently, Perdomo starred in Prime Video’s The Boys spinoff, Gen V, which saw him take on the role of Andre Anderson, a popular student at Godolkin University who is capable of magnetically manipulating things.

“We can’t quite wrap our heads around this,” the producers of the series shared in a statement.

Later this week, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators is returning for its second season on Ovation. The cable channel also has plans to air seasons three and four in the fall. The show has yet to be renewed for a fifth season on BBC One in the UK.

Starring Jo Joyner, Mark Benton, and Patrick Walshe McBride, the UK comedy-mystery series follows former Detective Inspector (Di) Frank Hathaway (Benton), rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare (Joyner), and assistant Sebastian Brudenell (Patrick Walshe McBride) as they solve cases together.

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The Uncertain Kingdom Fund, which disburses development coin to U.K. film projects, is opening submissions for its second round from May 23-June 20.

The fund was set up to support projects that interrogate British culture, asking questions of identity, the current journey and the future. It was created to address the challenges directors and producers face creating sustainable careers and targets filmmakers who have previously made a feature.

The stated aim of the fund is to take a hands-off approach and support filmmakers from a range of backgrounds and experiences. Projects of 70-plus minutes in any form or genre that are currently at treatment or script stage are eligible to apply. Filmmakers must be residents of the U.K. but need not be British.

U.K. distributor Picturehouse Entertainment has an ongoing collaboration with the fund and will continue to be closely involved in the selection of projects.

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Shakespeare & Hathaway is a British Comedy Drama about a couple of private investigators Frank Shakespeare and Lu Hathaway who investigate crime in their scenic village of Stratford-upon-Avon in England. It is a light Pi series full of comedy and drama where they solve crimes in their beautiful village. Still from Shakespeare & Hathaway […]

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With Academy Award-winning “Roma” and “Gravity” director Alfonso Cuarón already a fan, Charlotte Colbert’s feature debut “She Will” will no doubt similarly impress audiences when it premieres at the Locarno Film Festival this week.

A psychological horror, the film stars Alice Krige (“Star Trek: First Contact”) as Veronica, a double mastectomy patient seeking respite at a rural Scottish healing retreat who soon finds herself able to mete out revenge via her dreams.

“’She Will’ sits in the tradition of great psychological horror films,” Cuarón said of the work. “The images, symbolism and layers within the story slowly convey a metaphysical ecstasy which leaves one questioning long after the film is finished. Charlotte Colbert has crafted a powerful debut.”

Krige is joined on-screen by Kota Eberhardt (“X-Men: Dark Phoenix”), Malcolm McDowell (“Bombshell”) and Rupert Everett (“My Best Friend’s Wedding”).

As well as directing the project, Colbert is also a co-writer...

Exclusive: UTA has signed actor Chance Perdomo, best known for his role as Ambrose Spellman in the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina as well as the BBC drama Killed By My Debt, which earned him a BAFTA TV Award nomination for best leading actor.

Perdomo, who continues to be repped by Identity Agency Group, recently joined the After film franchise as Landon in the forthcoming sequels After We Fell and After Ever Happy. The YA drama is based on Anna Todd’s book series of the same name.

Other credits include Midsomer Murders, Hetty Feather, and Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.

BBC Studios and producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media have partnered to launch the BBC First channel in Canada from March 16.

The channel will feature premium scripted and factual programming, including BBC original series “Top Gear,” “The Office,” “Death in Paradise” and “The Graham Norton Show,” which will be available at launch.

The ad-supported channel will broadcast in Canada in HD and will replace Blue Ant Media’s existing Hifi channel.

The BBC First channel launch marks an expanded partnership between BBC Studios and Blue Ant Media. The companies previously collaborated to launch the BBC Earth channel in Canada in 2017.

“Canadians love British television, and Blue Ant Media’s expanded partnership with BBC Studios underpins our commitment to invest in high-quality, distinctive programs we know our audiences will enjoy,” said Jamie Schouela, president for global channels and media at Blue Ant Media.

Rebecca Glashow, president of BBC Studios Americas,...

The streaming landscape just got even more crowded: BBC Studios and ITV’s SVOD platform BritBox officially launched in Australia today.

Among the exclusive titles for the British-content streamer are A Confession, Appropriate Adult, Vera, Endeavour, Prime Suspect, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Father Brown, Victoria, Lewis, Murder on the Blackpool Express, Your Home Made Perfect, and The Curse of Ishtar. Police procedural The Mallorca Files will be available from December.

Also on the platform is the reboot of All Creatures Great and Small, featuring Nicholas Ralph, Rachel Shenton and Callum Woodhouse, and the service’s first commission, a revival of ’80s sketch comedy Spitting Image, from original creator Roger Law.

The launch coincides with ‘Doctor Who Day’, with the service offering the entire collection of the show from 1963 – 2019, with all 13 Doctors. Other classics will include Mr Bean, Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Kingdom, The Vicar of Dibley, The Office, Top Gear, Luther,...