Lou Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway team up to investigate crimes and maleficence in modern-day Stratford-on-Avon. Although at its core the show is just another 'mismatched buddy-cop' yarn, the principal characters (well played by Mark Benton and Jo Joyner) are engaging and their put-upon thespian dogs-body (and master of disguise) Sebastian is quite funny (in a highly clichéd and frequently predictable way). The various crimes are reasonably well plotted (if not too carefully thought about) and the Shakespeare-drenched scripts and imagery is often clever (much I suspect is lost on me). The edge-free adventure-lite show falters somewhat when it veers into broader comedy (such as chases on the Avon in swan boats) but otherwise is good frothy fun.