Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators: Exit, Pursued by a Bear
5:25 pm - 6:25 pm, Tuesday, February 17 on U&Drama +1 (60)
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Exit, Pursued by a Bear
Season 1, Episode 6
Frank and Lu investigate after an ex-soap star receives death threats after rewriting Romeo and Juliet as a feminist tract. After the self-centred actress is poisoned on stage, suspects include the director who worked with her in a soap with a similar poison plot-line and his lover, an understudy to the production. Guest starring Morgana Robinson and Ramon Tikaram
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Cast & Crew
Mark Benton
(Actor)
.. Frank Hathaway
Jo Joyner
(Actor)
.. Luella Shakespeare
Patrick Walshe McBride
(Actor)
.. Sebastian Brudenell
Amber Aga
(Actor)
.. DI Marlowe
Tomos Eames
(Actor)
.. DS Keeler
Julie Atherton
(Actor)
.. Antonia Briars
Patrick Brennan
(Actor)
.. Doug Lambie
Gemma Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Belle Roehampton
Charlotte Randle
(Actor)
.. Martha Weathers
Morgana Robinson
(Actor)
.. Sally Balthasar
Ramon Tikaram
(Actor)
.. Roman Randall
Jeff Povey
(Writer)
Ian Barber
(Director)
Ella Kelly
(Producer)
Will Trotter
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Mark Benton
(Actor)
.. Frank Hathaway
Born:
November 16, 1965
in
Guisborough
Best Known For:
Northern Lights, and Waterloo Road.
Early-life:
Born on 16 November, 1965, in Guisborough in the North East, Mark hoped to follow in the footsteps of his uncle, actor Michael Gunn. Always the class clown, he fell in love with the theatre and spent many years trying to make a career out of acting. He was in the same drama class at the Stockton-Billingham Tech as actress Elizabeth Carling. Some of his early acting experience came with the Middlesbrough Youth Theatre, with performances in plays such as Atmos Fear and Twist.
Career:
Benton's big break came in the 1997 Mike Leigh film Career Girls. For the past decade he has barely been off our screens. He had a recurring role as Father McBride in the James Nesbitt series Murphy's Law. He has starred with Vic and Bob in their remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Catterick, and Monkey Trousers. He was comedy gold in Craig Cash's Early Doors and The Booze Cruise trilogy. His biggest role was alongside Robson Green in Christmas Lights, Northern Lights, City Lights and Clash of the Santas. He was also a regular on Waterloo Road and is the host of game show The Edge. In 2013, he was a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
"I think sometimes you have to ask if you want to be an actor or do you want to be a celebrity? I was tempted to do Celebrity Mastermind but I couldn't think of a specialist subject."
Trivia:
Benton is a die-hard supporter of Middlesbrough FC and has featured in the club's official season ticket advertising campaign.
Jo Joyner
(Actor)
.. Luella Shakespeare
Born:
February 23, 1978
in
Harlow, Essex
Best Known For:
Playing Tanya Branning in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Born Joanne Mary Joyner on May 24, 1978, in Essex. She has an older brother called Dan. The family later moved to Oxfordshire, where she grew up. She says she always wanted to act, and after finishing her A levels, enrolled in the Welsh College of Music and Drama, graduating in 1999 with a BA. She then spent a couple of years in Manchester looking for work, eventually honing her craft on the stage.
Career:
Joyner's big break came with the acclaimed drama Clocking Off. She went on to do a few other northern projects, including Fat Friends and Silent Witness, as well as the period miniseries North and South, before she bit the bullet and moved down to London. She then landed a role in nursing drama No Angels, and has been busy ever since. In 2005, Joyner played a Big Brother contestant in two episodes of Doctor Who, and also appeared in Spooks. She showed off her comedy skills in the sketch show Swinging (winning a Rose d'Or comedy award in the process), before landing the part of Tanya Branning in 2006. Despite her character taking a couple of prolonged breaks, she remains hugely popular with fans.
Quote:
On whether she'd like to go to Hollywood: "I couldn't lose the weight and take the pressure of it all being about looks! I'd love to do it when I'm 50 or 60, like Julie Walters or Brenda Blethyn. Then it's more about what you do and being a good actor."
Trivia:
Joyner has won two British Soap Awards.
Patrick Walshe McBride
(Actor)
.. Sebastian Brudenell
Amber Aga
(Actor)
.. DI Marlowe
Tomos Eames
(Actor)
.. DS Keeler
Julie Atherton
(Actor)
.. Antonia Briars
Patrick Brennan
(Actor)
.. Doug Lambie
Gemma Lawrence
(Actor)
.. Belle Roehampton
Charlotte Randle
(Actor)
.. Martha Weathers
Morgana Robinson
(Actor)
.. Sally Balthasar
Born:
May 07, 1982
in
Australia
Best Known For:
The Morgana Show.
Early-life:
Morgana was born in Australia on May 7, 1982 but she was brought up in England. Her parents split up when she was young and she ended up attending a boarding school in Kent. As she grew up, she discovered she had four half siblings from her father's previous relationships.
Career:
Robinson's TV debut came in 2007 when she guest starred in an episode of The Green Green Grass. Her big break came in 2010 when Channel 4 commissioned her to make sketch show The Morgana Show. She went on to star in the sketch show Very Important People and BBC sitcom House of Fools.
Quote:
"I would like to bring a bit of darkness back into comedy."
Trivia:
She won a British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist in 2012.
Ramon Tikaram
(Actor)
.. Roman Randall
Jeff Povey
(Writer)
Ian Barber
(Director)
Ella Kelly
(Producer)
Will Trotter
(Executive producer)
