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  1. Shakespeare Speaks: The green-eyed monster

    This idiom from Shakespeare's Othello warns us about the dangers of jealousy

  2. Shakespeare Speaks: Strange bedfellows

    Actor Robert Harley brings us a phrase from The Tempest that is still in use today

  3. Shakespeare Speaks: Spotless reputation

    Learn a phrase from Shakespeare's Richard II which still has a good 'reputation' today!

  4. Shakespeare Speaks: Not budge an inch

    This phrase from The Taming of The Shrew is perfect for talking about stubborn people

  5. Shakespeare Speaks: Not budge an inch

    This phrase from The Taming of The Shrew is perfect for talking about stubborn people

  6. Shakespeare Speaks: In a pickle

    Learn a phrase from Shakespeare's The Tempest to talk about tricky situations

  7. Shakespeare Speaks: I'll send him packing

    Falstaff and Pistol bring us a phrase from Henry IV Part 1 that is still in common use

  8. Shakespeare Speaks: I must be cruel to be kind

    This phrase from Hamlet is still in use today

  9. Shakespeare Speaks: Greek to me

    This idiom from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is great for saying that you don't understand

  10. Shakespeare Speaks: Give no words but mum

    Learn an idiom from Shakespeare to talk about keeping secrets

  11. Shakespeare Speaks: Forever and a day

    The phrase 鈥榝orever and a day鈥� from The Taming of the Shrew is still in use today

  12. Shakespeare Speaks: Forever and a day

    The phrase 鈥榝orever and a day鈥� from The Taming of the Shrew is still in use today

  13. Shakespeare Speaks: As dead as a doornail

    Will and friends bring us a phrase from Henry VI Part 2 that is still in use today

  14. Shakespeare Speaks: All that glisters is not gold

    Will's daughter brings us a phrase from The Merchant of Venice that's still in use today

  15. Shakespeare Speaks: All that glisters is not gold

    Will鈥檚 daughter brings us a phrase from The Merchant of Venice that's still in use today

  16. Shakespeare Speaks: A tower of strength

    This phrase from Shakespeare鈥檚 Richard III is still used by modern English speakers

  17. Shakespeare Speaks: A pound of flesh

    Is this phrase from The Merchant of Venice about justice or revenge?

  18. Shakespeare Speaks: A fool's paradise

    This idiom from Shakespeare鈥檚 Romeo and Juliet is still in use today

  19. Part 9: Photographic evidence

    The detectives interview a key witness who helps to reveal who killed Jamie Phelps.

  20. Part 9: Photographic evidence

    The detectives interview a key witness who helps to reveal who killed Jamie Phelps.

  21. Part 8: Who needs the forensics team?

    How and when did Jamie's body land on the beach?

  22. Part 8: Who needs the forensics team?

    How do the detectives work out exactly how Jamie's body landed on the beach and why?

  23. Part 7: Too many unanswered questions

    After Jamie's body was found, the detectives had to work out if it was suicide or murder.

  24. Part 7: The missing man is dead

    The body of the missing man has been discovered. How did his body end up on the beach?

  25. Part 6: The celebrity chef

    Could the celebrity chef Arthur Montgomery have some information about Jamie Phelps?

  26. Part 6: Interview with a chef

    The detectives replay an interview with Arthur Montgomery, a celebrity chef.

  27. Part 5: What does Jamie's brother know?

    We get to meet some people who knew missing man, Jamie Phelps. What will they reveal?

  28. Part 5: Ransomware

    Cyber criminals and ransomware: Has this got something to do with Jamie's disappearance?

  29. Part 4: New clues

    Pip is safe, but his drawings have given our detectives something to think about.

  30. Part 4: Gathering evidence

    A child psychologist is employed to help with the case

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