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SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS: This Cursed Hand

Carol Royle as Anastasia Kusk, Adam Wittek as Dimitri Kapel in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "This Cursed Hand."
Courtesy of Gary Moyes / BBC Studios 2019
Carol Royle as Anastasia Kusk, Adam Wittek as Dimitri Kapel in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "This Cursed Hand."

Airs Friday, Jan. 17, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2

A missing person’s case turns to murder as Frank and Lu investigate the disappearance of an eastern European oligarch

Failed actor Harold Hamworthy has a penchant for mischief and hogging the limelight, but when he absconds with Sebastian's tourists during a Shakespearean ghost walk, something finally upstages him in the form of a dismembered human hand.

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Harold finds himself in hot water when sinister figures Alek and Dimitri try to snatch the hand, but he manages to give them the slip.

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Adam Wittek as Dimitri Kapel, Kristian Phillips as Alek Hodzic
Courtesy of Gary Moyes / BBC Studios 2019
Adam Wittek as Dimitri Kapel, Kristian Phillips as Alek Hodzic

Meanwhile, Lu and Frank are hired to find missing multimillionaire, Pavel Kusk, by his wife, Anastasia. Frank has a hunch that Pavel could be in the opulent Hotel Philomel, undercover as a bellboy. Sebastian investigates and discovers Pavel Kusk murdered - and missing a hand.

Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway, Adam Wittek as Dimitri Kapel, Carol Royle as Anastasia Kusk in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "This Cursed Hand."
Courtesy of Gary Moyes / BBC Studios 2019
Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway, Adam Wittek as Dimitri Kapel, Carol Royle as Anastasia Kusk in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "This Cursed Hand."

With the two incidents linked, and the violent thugs hunting for Harold, Sebastian and the hand, it's a race against the clock to crack the case.

Who killed Pavel Kusk, and why? Find out on "This Cursed Hand."

Jo Joyner as Lu Shakespeare, Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "This Cursed Hand."
Courtesy of Gary Moyes / BBC Studios 2019
Jo Joyner as Lu Shakespeare, Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "This Cursed Hand."

Credits:

From BBC Studios. Created by Paul Matthew Thompson and Jude Tindal. Producer: Ella Kelly. Starring Mark Benton and Jo Joyner.