Right now, it is uncertain whether Shakespeare and Hathaway will be coming back in 2022, because season four ended with nine episodes and no official announcement was made.
People watch Shakespeare and Hathaway because of how good the writing on the show is and how interesting its plot is.
However, since the fourth season of the show, which aired early in 2022, ended short of its usual 10 episodes and other rumours have started spreading, there is uncertainty about whether the show will be coming back in 2022 or at all.
Why do people watch Shakespeare and Hathaway?
The BBC One series, Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators has quickly gained a loyal fan base since it started airing in 2018.
The show follows over-indebted private investigator Frank Hathaway, who is portrayed by Mark Benton, and Luella Shakespeare, who is played by Jo Joyner, as they uncover one mystery upon another in Stratford-upon-Avon.
This show has all of the standard cosy, murder mystery tropes that viewers have come to expect and love in this type of show, but what really sets it apart and attracts its loyal viewers, is the wit and excellent writing on the show.
Is Shakespeare and Hathaway coming back in 2022?
Since Shakespeare and Hathaway has become such a popular series, it came as a surprise to many of its viewers when the fourth season seemed to end rather abruptly.
The fourth season of Shakespeare and Hathaway is the most recent season of the show, which started airing on 14 February 2022.
However, instead of having 10 episodes for this season like the previous three seasons had, this fourth season stopped at only nine episodes.
The last of these nine episodes, titled “Time Decays”, aired on 24 February 2022, and there has been no official word about when viewers will be able to see new episodes of the show again.
Some websites list a mystery tenth episode for this season, called “No More Desire a Rose”, which is also supposed to air in 2022, but no official announcement has been made regarding this episode, which means that it is unlikely that Shakespeare and Hathaway will come back in 2022 to air its final tenth episode.
This strange and abrupt end to the fourth season, along with suspicious production and filming schedules, has made many fans of the show nervous that the show may not be coming back at all.
However, this cancellation has not been made official or announced by the network and the best way to go about the situation is make your voice heard so that the network can know how many eager fans the show has, who will continue to support its fifth season if they do decide to produce and air it in 2022 or at a later stage.
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Where did the show leave off with season four of Shakespeare and Hathaway?
Part of what makes the possible return of Shakespeare and Hathaway in 2022 so uncertain, is how abruptly the show ended with the ninth episode of season four.
Besides the fact that this season only has nine episodes in total, if you do not count the mystery episode which did not air, the season also ends on a very dramatic note.
It is unclear whether the fact that this season ends with Frank as the number one suspect in a murder investigation is because the season ended when the network decided to cancel the entire show.
Or whether this was intended to draw viewers in to want to watch the next season, but it has made many fans of the show concerned enough to voice their concerns that the show may not be returning at all.
Why does it seem unlikely that Shakespeare and Hathaway will be coming back?
The reasons why it seems so uncertain whether Shakespeare and Hathaway are coming back at all is not only because of the abrupt end to season four, but also because rumours have been spreading online that Jo Joyner said that production for the fifth season has not yet begun.
If there is no funding and crew to film new episodes, then it is unlikely that the show will return before the end of the 2022 year, or even at all.
What can you do to make sure that Shakespeare and Hathaway will be coming back?
Although no official statement has been made to say that Shakespeare and Hathaway will not be returning in 2022 or at a later date, you can still increase the chances that the network will decide to bring it back by signing online petitions, talking about the show on social media, and writing to the network, just in case.