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SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS: Beware The Ides Of March

Janet Dibley as Julienne Fortby, Sian Reeeves as Marcia Fortby in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "Beware The Ides Of March."
Courtesy of Gary Moyes / BBC Studios 2019
Janet Dibley as Julienne Fortby, Sian Reeeves as Marcia Fortby in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "Beware The Ides Of March."

Airs Friday, Jan. 24, 2020 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV + Wednesday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. on KPBS 2

Frank and Lu investigate a series of deadly accidents on a psychic television program hosted by two warring sisters

When a falling studio light nearly kills Julienne Fortby live on air during psychic television show, "The Fortby Sisters," the horrified psychic visits Frank and Lu - someone's trying to kill her.

Frank's skeptical of the medium, although Lu's impressed when Julienne gets a "message" from her late grandmother. Julienne suspects her jealous sister and co-host, Marcia who lacks "the gift," is responsible.

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Eileen O’brien as Enid Kascar, Jo Joyner as Lu Shakespeare, Patrick Walshe Mcbride as Sebastian Brudenell, Sian Reeeves as Marcia Fortby, Janet Dibley as Julienne Fortby, Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "Beware The Ides Of March."
Courtesy of Gary Moyes / BBC Studios 2019
Eileen O’brien as Enid Kascar, Jo Joyner as Lu Shakespeare, Patrick Walshe Mcbride as Sebastian Brudenell, Sian Reeeves as Marcia Fortby, Janet Dibley as Julienne Fortby, Mark Benton as Frank Hathaway in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "Beware The Ides Of March."

Investigating at Calpurnia Studios, our private investigators discover a host of suspects, among them broadcast technician Scott Blacksell and security guard Bruce Porter, not to mention ex-fan Enid Kascar, who the sisters have recently sued after she accused them of fakery.

Joe Sims as Bruce Porter in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "Beware The Ides Of March,"
Courtesy of Gary Moyes / BBC Studios 2019
Joe Sims as Bruce Porter in a scene from SHAKESPEARE & HATHAWAY-PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS "Beware The Ides Of March,"

But when Marcia is hit by the Fortby Orb during a live show and hospitalized, the case is thrown wide open... Can Frank and Lu catch whoever is behind these "accidents" before they take a turn for the deadly?

Find out on "Beware The Ides Of March."

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Credits:

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