There’s nothing quite like a TV detective. These characters, sometimes based on ones from books, other times totally unique ...

Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.

The third series of the hit BBC show. Combining corpses, comedy and cracking mysteries, this quirky crime drama has won the hearts of over 200 countries. Now that Lu has passed her private ...

A number of other characters' surnames in the TV ... do the show's episode titles. When Mark Benton joined the show he said: "As soon as I read the script I knew I wanted to play Frank Hathaway; he's ...